How to set OS X Terminal's default home?

Question

For some reason after I installed Boot Camp, my os x terminal started to point to the Boot Camp drive instead of my os x home directory by default! Once in the terminal I know how to switch back an forth and am able to do that, but I was wondering how to make my terminal default back to my os x home folder?

I've checked my Home Directory under System Preferences->Accounts->Control-click on my account and it is pointing to the right place. I've also tried unmounting it with no luck.

Answer 1

This is a bit of under-the-hood fiddling, but you could simply enter

cd <directory>

in /Users/<yourUserName>/.profile

and startup a new terminal. You should then be in the directory you want.

Answer 2

You probably want these instructions for how to use the command line:

https://superuser.com/questions/154193/setting-a-users-home-directory-on-mac-os-x-server-from-the-command-line

Basically, use the dscl command line tool to see what the system thinks your home directory is set to, or to try and reset it....