No idea on how/if it knows where / is but i have used rsync as a service with just rsync and cygwin1.dll using a /cygdrive/<drive> path.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Max Bowsher [mailto:maxb@;ukf.net] > Sent: 08 November 2002 17:06 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: question about cygdrive flags string in the registry (Win > 2000) > > > Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 03:41:14PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote: > >> Viviana Cotirlea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> My question is: Because at one point I would like to > distribute the > >>> product to others also, and I don't want to obligate them > to install > >>> the cygwin, I would like to know why this string is required, and > >>> if my only solution would be to add that key in the > registry if the > >>> cygwin is not already installed on that machine? > >> > >> Cygwin is just not designed to work in that kind of configuration. > >> So don't be surprised when things don't work right. > > > > There is no reaon why just copying the dll and a program shouldn't > > work. The program just has to be aware enough to set its own > > defaults. Cygwin *is* designed to work fine in such an environment. > > Without any mount table at all? > > How does it know where / is? > > Max. > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/