Re: Is cygwin_ROOT still there?
Thanks. A slightly tortuous solution, but this works (after adding mount to a limited set of executables). FYI, I used a ls /cygwin/cygwin.bat to test for the existence of cygwin on the system. N.B., to include a snippet from startxwin.bat: REM The path in the CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable assignment assume REM that Cygwin is installed in a directory called 'cygwin' in the root REM directory of the current drive. You will only need to modify REM CYGWIN_ROOT if you have installed Cygwin in another directory. For REM example, if you installed Cygwin in \foo\bar\baz\cygwin, you will need REM to change \cygwin to \foo\bar\baz\cygwin. On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:50:32AM -0600, L. D. Marks wrote: I'm trying to put togethor a windows version of a (unix) GNU-type package. I've run into a problem that the DOS CYGWIN_ROOT parameter does not seem to want to work at least on an XP machine -- no matter what I do it seems to be set to /cygwin (or a different location if that is how setup was run). To the best of my knowledge, cygwin has never honored a CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable. If it did, it predates both my time on the project and the CVS repository. It certainly isn't treated specially now. In any event, use the mount table, i.e., man mount. -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com --- Laurence Marks Department of Materials Science and Engineering MSE Rm 2036 Cook Hall 2225 N Campus Drive Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60201, USA Tel: (847) 491-3996 Fax: (847) 491-7820 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.numis.northwestern.edu Nanocrystallography Workshop, http://ncem.lbl.gov/workshop.htm --- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Is cygwin_ROOT still there?
On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 07:34:11AM -0600, L. D. Marks wrote: Thanks. A slightly tortuous solution, but this works (after adding mount to a limited set of executables). FYI, I used a ls /cygwin/cygwin.bat to test for the existence of cygwin on the system. Wouldn't checking for cygwin1.dll be an infinitely better test? N.B., to include a snippet from startxwin.bat: REM The path in the CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable assignment assume REM that Cygwin is installed in a directory called 'cygwin' in the root REM directory of the current drive. You will only need to modify REM CYGWIN_ROOT if you have installed Cygwin in another directory. For REM example, if you installed Cygwin in \foo\bar\baz\cygwin, you will need REM to change \cygwin to \foo\bar\baz\cygwin. startxwin.bat != cygwin This is just a convention used by one .bat file. It is not a universally understood convention throughout cygwin. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Is CYGWIN_ROOT still there?
I'm trying to put togethor a windows version of a (unix) GNU-type package. I've run into a problem that the DOS CYGWIN_ROOT parameter does not seem to want to work at least on an XP machine -- no matter what I do it seems to be set to /cygwin (or a different location if that is how setup was run). For instance, if I change c:\cygwin to c:\cygwin_t and use set CYGWIN_ROOT=\cygwin_t a ls / (using a local copy of sh.exe and relevant dll's) gives ls: /: No such file or directory. Any suggestions? --- Laurence Marks Department of Materials Science and Engineering MSE Rm 2036 Cook Hall 2225 N Campus Drive Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60201, USA Tel: (847) 491-3996 Fax: (847) 491-7820 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.numis.northwestern.edu Nanocrystallography Workshop, http://ncem.lbl.gov/workshop.htm --- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Is cygwin_ROOT still there?
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:50:32AM -0600, L. D. Marks wrote: I'm trying to put togethor a windows version of a (unix) GNU-type package. I've run into a problem that the DOS CYGWIN_ROOT parameter does not seem to want to work at least on an XP machine -- no matter what I do it seems to be set to /cygwin (or a different location if that is how setup was run). To the best of my knowledge, cygwin has never honored a CYGWIN_ROOT environment variable. If it did, it predates both my time on the project and the CVS repository. It certainly isn't treated specially now. In any event, use the mount table, i.e., man mount. -- Please use the resources at cygwin.com rather than sending personal email. Special for spam email harvesters: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and be permanently blocked from mailing lists at sources.redhat.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
