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Re: Bug in "startXwin.bat"
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
Linda Walsh wrote:
The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
You could use "mount -p" (presuming your cygwin\bin is in your
windows path, as mine is).
If not, need to look in the registry:
"\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts
v2\cygdrive prefix"
No, you don't need to look in the registry. There's nothing there
that
'mount' won't tell you. Forget about the registry. You'll be better
off, especially when Cygwin 1.7 is released.
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Um...you sure about that?
how do you run 'mount' if you don't know what the cygdrive
prefix is?
Linda, please don't run the same thread on two different lists. If you
want to talk about this here, kill the thread that you started on the
main list.
Larry --
The reason I changed forums was that the TOPIC/SUBJECT changed.
This is perfectly reasonable, except you kept both threads running.
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Not exactly. They were different posts -- I realized it was
a more general topic after first responding to the xfree.
It went from my finding a bug in the Cygwin Xserver's
startxwin.bat script (something appropriate for the cygwin-xfree list)
to a more general question of how one would solve the problem
of finding the cygwin prefix in a windows batchfile.
Actually, that's not the question you asked, though I'll concede that
this is what you meant to ask. And I answered that on the main list.
For completeness, I'll paraphrase it here - there's no good way.
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AH HAH! Thank-you.
My >>>original<<< intent was simply to report a bug in the
Cygwin-X startup script "startxwin.bat" that you told me (indirectly via
the FAQ) to use. My first idea was to use "mount -p" as you suggest.
However, I immediately realized that "mount" wouldn't be available if
you were not already in the Cygwin environment.
Just because you can't answer the question without circular
logic is no reason to get upset.
While other statements of yours have been understandable, even if they
were in error, this one makes no sense so I won't respond to it.
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Probably somewhat a case of "projection"... ;^&
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