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Re: Cygwin's CVS - can it be a network server?


On Saturday 18 Aug 01, Corinna Vinschen writes:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 01:47:48PM -0500, ASH, JAMES (SBCSI) wrote:
> > Through many hours of experimentation, it seems that cygwin doesn't require,
> > or use, the /etc/services file. (Is this statement correct?)
> 
> Correct. It uses the services file of the OS:
> 
> 9x/ME:	${WINDIR}\\SERVICES
> NT/W2K:	${SYSTEMROOT}\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services

I've been meaning to add this to the FAQ, BTW.  Will try to get to it soon.

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)


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