ncurses and terminal definitions

Larry Hall cygwin-lh@cygwin.com
Fri Aug 1 15:44:00 GMT 2003


OK, as long as you're aware of the restrictions and adhere to them, it
should work for you without mounting or creating a wrapper batch file.

Larry


Terry Dabbs wrote:

> Thanks for the clarification. These are pretty standard MS workstations regardless of
> the task we are using them for (wish it was linux...), so I can't help but use the
> default drive. So, although it may be something to be aware of, it does appear it is
> hard to screw it up.
> 
> Terry Dabbs
> 
> 
> Larry Hall wrote:
> 
> 
>>Terry Dabbs wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Thanks for the help. Since your advice kept me from having to "install" cygwin
>>>on the machines I'm going to run this on, the mounting, I suppose defaults to
>>>what it was on my compiling machine, which is the C drive for cygwin in my case.
>>>
>>
>>Actually, no.  I guess I wasn't clear.  Whether the file is found or not
>>depends on the current drive.  If the user's current drive is C: and you've
>>installed the file on the C drive, then the path will work.  Otherwise,
>>it will complain that the file isn't found.  If you want to avoid this,
>>you need to create the mount point I suggested or otherwise wrap your
>>application to make sure that C: is always the current drive when it
>>runs.
>>
>>--
>>Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
>>RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
>>838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9889 - FAX
>>Holliston, MA 01746


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


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