using cygpath for setting $HOME in multiuser and multicomputer environment

[Stefan Schiebeler <JarJar dot Binks at gmx dot de>]

Hi,
since I plan to distribute LyX in my universitiy's department I have to
consider a very inhomogenous computer environment, ranging from PCs with network,
without, from Win9x to XP, with homedirs on servers, to what-ever-you-want.

I want to set $HOME to the value stored in 
\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders\AppData

my /etc/profile looks this way:

snipp----------------

PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"

USER="`id -un`"

# Set up USER's home directory
# if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
#   HOME="/home/$USER"
# fi

APPDATA=`regtool get
"\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\AppData"`
FOO=`cygpath -ws "$APPDATA"`
HOME=`cygpath -u "$FOO"`

if [ ! -d "$HOME" ]; then
  mkdir -p "$HOME"
fi

export HOME USER

for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
  if [ -f $i ]; then
    . $i
  fi
done

export MAKE_MODE=unix
export PS1='\[\033]0;\w\007
\033[32m\]\u at \h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]
$ '

cd "$HOME"

snapp----------------

starting bash (cygwin.bat) with user Admin on SCHIEBELER1 cygwin sets $HOME
correctly to

/cygdrive/f/DOKUME~1/ADMIN~1.SCH/ANWEND~1

To tart LyX I used the provided startlyx.bat

snipp----------------

@echo off
SET DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0
SET CYGWIN_ROOT=E:\Programme\office\cygwin
SET PATH=.;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\bin;%CYGWIN_ROOT%\usr\X11R6\bin;%PATH%

if not exist %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0 goto CLEANUP-FINISH
attrib -s %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0
del %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix\X0

:CLEANUP-FINISH
if exist %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix rmdir %CYGWIN_ROOT%\tmp\.X11-unix

if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto USE-B-SWITCH

echo startxwin.bat - Starting on Windows 95/98/Me

start XWin

run xterm -sl 1000 -sb -rightbar -ms red -fg yellow -bg black -e
/usr/bin/bash

run twm

goto END

:USE-B-SWITCH

echo startlyx.bat - Starting LyX on Windows NT/2000

start XWin -screen 0 1250 940

run twm

run lyxwin32.exe -geometry 1250x900+0+0 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5


:END

run xsetroot -solid aquamarine4

snapp----------------

if I do so unfortunately nothing appears except an empty anquamarine-colored
Cygwin/Xfree86 rl window.

if I click and start an xterm, HOME is set to /home/Admin (which doesn't
exist) and ps shows a cygpath process. After killing that process there is one
bash process more   than before and another cygpath process running - killing
that LyX starts but without a proper set $HOME.

Can enyone point me to my mistake?

regards

Stefan

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