Safely change home directory

Question

I\'m trying to safely update the home directory as specified in /etc/passwd, but the standard Linux utils - usermod and vipw - for doing so aren\'t provided by

Answer 1

I only needed to be in C:\Users\username when I start cygwin. So, I just added to .bashrc and .profile

cd ${HOMEPATH}

If you prefer to use ~/. instead of $HOMEPATH, you can also add the following:

export HOME=${HOMEPATH}

This way I don't disturb the cygwin installation.