From: weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com (Weiqi Gao) Subject: Re: BASH history 27 Nov 1998 13:03:00 -0800 Message-ID: <365EA918.A4B4D79D.cygnus.gnu-win32@a.crl.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: 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:\)? Bash looks for an environment variable called HOME and put .bash_history there. It also reads the .bashrc start up script from there. It is debatable whether to set HOME to /home/username (the Linux way) or C:\Windows\Profiles\UserName (the Windows way). -- Weiqi Gao weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com - 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".