From: gvaughan AT oranda DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Gary V. Vaughan) Subject: Re: BASH history 27 Nov 1998 11:33:30 -0800 Message-ID: <365E737E.C5249037.cygnus.gnu-win32@oranda.demon.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: mvoss AT kuttig DOT com Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com mvoss AT kuttig DOT com wrote: > > Hi! > I'm trying to work myself into Linux & stuff, and I try to use the > BASH that comes with Cygwin Bxx to work under Win32. > It's fun, it's somewhat cooler than the DOS-prompt! > > Here's my Question: > I found the following file in my root: ".bash_history". > It does not at all belong there! (I've got a bad > obsessive-compulsive disorder about keeping my system tidy %-}...) > > How can I prevent BASH from creating this file in my root directory > (C:\)? Make sure that you have HOME set in the environment before bash starts up. To be really UNIXy, you might want to create a /home directory, with subdirs for any users of your system. Then you can add `set HOME=/home/mvoss' (note the '/', not '\') to your cygnus.bat file. Assuming that directory exists, bash `.' files (and plenty of other programs which use user initialisation files) will appear in that directory instead of C:. > Thanks, > Tiger You're welcome. Cheers, Gary V. Vaughan. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".