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Author: evb
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Subject: Change default working directory?
Cool, thanks, it worked.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On
> Behalf Of Bryce C
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 7:52 PM
> To: PLUG
> Subject: Re: Change default working directory?
>
>
> You could add a line like: export PWD="/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,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I am using bash and cygwin. I realize this is not a cywin
> list, but I
> > thought the answer would be the same nonetheless.
> >
> > Van
> >
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