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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-09-14 11:38:15 +0000 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-09-14 11:38:15 +0000 |
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New entry "My Windows logon name has a space in it, will this cause problems?"
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo index deb0340..94c70c4 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/install.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/install.texinfo @@ -140,6 +140,22 @@ Good question! That very issue has been debated on the @samp{cygwin-apps} mailing list. Check the list archives if you want to know more. Start at @file{http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/lists.html}. +@subsection My Windows logon name has a space in it, will this cause problems? + +Most definitely yes! UNIX shells (and thus Cygwin) use the space +character as a word delimiter. Under certain circumstances, it is +possible to get around this with various shell quoting mechanisms, but +you are much better off if you can avoid the problem entirely. + +In particular, the environment variables @samp{USER} and @samp{HOME} are +set for you in /etc/profile. By default these derive from your Windows +logon name. You may edit this file and set them explicitly to something +without spaces. + +(If you use the @samp{login} package or anything else that reads +/etc/passwd, you may need to make corresponding changes there. See the +README file for that package.) + @subsection How do I uninstall Cygwin? Setup has no automatic uninstall facility. Just delete everything |