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Author: Bryce C
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Subject: Change default working directory?
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You could add a line like: export PWD=3D"/the/new/directory"
to your .bashrc. This has been tested, just now, SSH'ing into a linux
box but it shouldn't vary too much, no.

On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 19:45, evb wrote:
> Group,
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> How do I change the default working directory, i.e., the one that bash
> defaults to when I boot? It is now currently defaulted to my home
> directory, but I would like it to default to another.
>=20
> I am using bash and cygwin. I realize this is not a cywin list, but I
> thought the answer would be the same nonetheless.
>=20
> Van
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