Re: Setup - command line only

[Jared Silva <jayrod at gmail dot com>]

Kevin and Nancy wrote:
> A separate question might be, why can't setup update itself?  Even, "click
> here to download the new setup" would be a setup forward.

That is easy to set up yourself.  Below is my /bin/cygwin_setup:

#! /bin/sh
dir="/"
url="http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe";

cygwin_setup="${dir}$(basename "${url}")"

cd "${dir}"
wget -N "${url}"
chmod 755 -c "${cygwin_setup}"

cygstart "${cygwin_setup}" --no-shortcuts ${@}

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