Win95b and long filenames of the /usr mount

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Kevin Layer wrote:

I don't know if this has been reported yet, but the
OSR2 release of
Windows 95 (aka "Windows 95b") doesn't have a DOS that allows long
filenames.  This means that until Windows starts you can't put
...\H-i386-cygwin32\bin in your PATH.  This also means you have a
classic chicken and egg problem: if you do it after Windows starts,
then all processes started by the explorer won't inherit the new
PATH.

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   The solution is as follows. Don't use Win95 path. Plain and
simple. How you ask? If you do a directory command, you will find H-i386-cygwin32
listed as H-i386~1 <DIR>. So just change it to \H-i386~1\bin\ . Neat
huh?

                               
jbanes@midplains.net

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