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Re: Design issue with new MS-DOS style path warning?
On Jan 22 09:51, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
> Note to the CYGWIN DEVELOPERS:
>
> Now that the mount table is has moved from the
> Registry to a text file, perhaps it would make sense
> for cygwin1.dll to look at a text file, e.g.,
> /etc/cygwin.env, if the CYGWIN environmental variable
> is unset.
>
> This might also allow one to duplicate a cygwin
> installation by just copying a directory tree and the
> appropriate Windows batch files and shortcuts without
> having to run setup and without having set CYGWIN via
> the Control Panel | System | Advanced | Environmental
> Variables.
>
> Just a suggestion, not a request. (I don't need it.)
Interesting idea, though.
Corinna
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