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Date:	Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:38:14 +0100
Message-ID:	<3936-Fri05Jul2002133814+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk>
From:	David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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To:	Motivus <motivus AT yahoo DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Problem with home directory name with spaces
In-Reply-To:	<20020704160555.59431.qmail@web40210.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Thursday 4 Jul 02, Motivus writes:
> Hi. My default installation of Cygwin 1.3.11-3 created
> my home directory on my W2K machine as
> 
> /home/FirstName MI LastName/

That's bad, lots of things will be broken, as you describe in your
message.

Did you read the FAQ entry:

	"My Windows logon name has a space in it, will this cause
	problems?"

This should provide all the help you need.  If it's still not clear
what to do, reply to this list, so I can amend the FAQ entry
accordingly.

As for what to do with the existing mis-named home directory, just use
Explorer to change the name of C:\cygwin\home\... (depending on where
you installed Cygwin) to whatever you have in /etc/profile and
/etc/passwd.  (Something without spaces, obviously.)

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)


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