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Re: /etc/services


(Apologies for this "blast from the past", and if my message is
redundant given subsequent threads that I haven't seen yet.  I'm still
catching up.)

On Wednesday 18 Apr 01, Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 05:15:14PM -0800, Curious Mind wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   Does anyone know what creates the /etc/services file. I think this may be 
> > > a source of some troubles im having with inetd because its calling on that 
> > > file and it doesnt exist.
>
> ... If you want a link in /etc (I'm doing that at home for
> easier access) start the following script:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /etc
> rm -f services
> _sys="`uname -a`"
> _nt=`expr "$_sys" : "CYGWIN_NT"`
> if [ $_nt -gt 0 ]
> then
>   _wservices="${SYSTEMROOT}\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services"
> else
>   _wservices="${WINDIR}\\SERVICES"
> fi
> _services=`cygpath -u "${_wservices}"`
> ln -s ${_services}

I believe this should be covered in the FAQ.  Not Corinna's script per
se, but a description of the situation, where to find it for various
versions of Windows, and advice not to copy it to /etc/services.

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)



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