Win95b and long filenames of the /usr mount

[Wei Ku]

Why do you need to do that anyway ? ( to 
inherit the new PATH)


Sincerely,
Wei Ku

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From: Kevin Layer <layer@franz.com>
To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
Date: Monday, June 02, 1997 9:17 PM
Subject: Win95b and long filenames of the /usr mount

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.

Kevin 
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