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Re: combining mingw32 + cygwin32
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: combining mingw32 + cygwin32
- From: cgf at bbc dot com (Christopher Faylor)
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 15:28:35 GMT
- Organization: Boston Business Computing, Ltd.
- References: <199801080337.DAA55538@out4.ibm.net>
- Reply-To: cgf at bbc dot com
In article <199801080337.DAA55538@out4.ibm.net>, <vischne@ibm.net> wrote:
>This directory hierarchy is also a useless appendage. It's much simpler
>to set up a Unix file system on your C: drive, and do away with all that
>H-i386-cygwin32 excrement. This is a Unix environment, and all the GNU
>utilities expect Unix directories. So, why use the b18 directory structure,
>that corresponds to nothing in the real world?
I agree with this sentiment. All of the *-i386-* stuff really complicates
things; especially if you are routinely switching between UNIX and NT.
Also, given the necessary amount of translation required for each component
of a path specification in cygwin32, every use of a subdirectory adds
an incremental time cost.
That's why I have my NT system set up to use /bin, /etc, /usr/bin,
/usr/local/bin, etc.
--
http://www.bbc.com/ cgf@bbc.com "Strange how unreal
VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be."
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