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Re: Setup.exe tasks
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- To: "L K Wright" <amdlkw at xmission dot com>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 19:45:12 +1100
- Subject: Re: Setup.exe tasks
- References: <3C356ABE.8D39C293@xmission.com>
The source code for setup.exe is the golden reference.
Rob
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----- Original Message -----
From: "L K Wright" <amdlkw@xmission.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 7:41 PM
Subject: Setup.exe tasks
> Where can I find out exactly what tasks setup.exe performs? I gathered
> from the FAQ that it creates the mount tables in the registry,
> shortcuts, start menu folder, cygwin root and directories. What else
am
> I missing? For example, it must call some other scripts to create and
> mount the tmp dir. I also see a shell come up that looks as if it runs
> something to do with /etc/passwd.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -kw
>
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