Cygwin alongside WSL

Brian Inglis Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca
Wed Oct 25 17:27:00 GMT 2017


On 2017-10-25 00:29, Thomas Wolff wrote:
> Am 25.10.2017 um 00:19 schrieb Angelo Graziosi:
>> Thomas Wolff wrote:
>>> Mintty 2.8.0 simplifies WSL integration a lot.
>>> In Cygwin, you can simply start e.g. mintty --WSL=Ubuntu (add -~ to start in
>>> the WSL home).
>> Does it mean that 2.8.0 does not need wslbridge [*] any more?
> No, sorry, I forgot to mention that wslbridge would have to be installed
> in /bin to make this work.

As it is not a Cygwin package, I have installed wslbridge in /usr/local/bin/,
which is in the system Path in Windows format, so also in the Cygwin path in
Unix format - will this work?

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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