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Re: simple newbie init question


On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:17:41AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Jan 22 11:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> For the records:
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> The /etc/services symlink is just a convenience for the user.  If you
>> create a file in /etc instead, it won't be used by the OS.  Never.
>> 
>> Cygwin is using Winsock.  Winsock uses the services file in
>> ${SYSTEMROOT}/system32/drivers/etc on NT systems and in ${windir}
>> on 9x systems.
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Can we have a FAQ entry for that, btw.?

The symlink is supposed to be there to avoid just such a FAQ entry.  If
it is missing that's a bug which needs to be fixed.

cgf

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