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Re: Cygwin alongside WSL


On 2017-10-25 11:27, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2017-10-25 00:29, Thomas Wolff wrote:
>> Am 25.10.2017 um 00:19 schrieb Angelo Graziosi:
>>> Thomas Wolff wrote:
>>>> Mintty 2.8.0 simplifies WSL integration a lot.
>>>> In Cygwin, you can simply start e.g. mintty --WSL=Ubuntu (add -~ to start in
>>>> the WSL home).
>>> Does it mean that 2.8.0 does not need wslbridge [*] any more?
>> No, sorry, I forgot to mention that wslbridge would have to be installed
>> in /bin to make this work.
> 
> As it is not a Cygwin package, I have installed wslbridge in /usr/local/bin/,
> which is in the system Path in Windows format, so also in the Cygwin path in
> Unix format - will this work?

Would a symlink, winsymlink, or .lnk as /bin/wslbridge to /usr/local/bin/?

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