access cygwin 1.1.4 from server

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 02:42 PM 11/27/2000, Kirschner, Paul E.        UTRC wrote:


>I want to make cygwin 1.1.4 accessible from a number of computers without
>doing a local install on each one. This will save tremendous time and disk
>space. I just need to access some of the utilities (perl, rsh) and compilers
>(gcc, g77) from a DOS window. I DO NOT NEED the added layer of "logging
>into" a UNIX-like environment. (In fact my use will be through a Win95
>application that can start batch files and cannot log in.) While DJGPP works
>in a DOS window that way through djgpp.env, I need the cygwin compiler and
>other utilities. 
>
>I tried just adding the proper paths in a DOS window but the compiler
>complains about C header files and crt0. 
>
>Is there an easy way to set this up?
>
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
>Paul Kirschner                            #include <disclaimer.std>
>Networks Department
>United Technologies Research Center
>kirschpe@utrc.utc.com
>(860)610-7119


You need to mount some directories:

   mount -b //remote/share/cygwin/dir/usr/bin /usr/bin
   mount -b //remote/share/cygwin/dir/usr/lib /usr/lib
   mount -b //remote/share/cygwin/dir /

Actually, just the last one should be sufficient but I believe setup.exe
mounts these three.



Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX



--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com