Unable to execute Cygwin application within UDF format

Sam Edge sam.edge@gmx.com
Fri May 27 17:41:49 GMT 2022


On 27/05/2022 10:18, Takashi Yano wrote:

> On Fri, 27 May 2022 16:47:09 +0800
> Sam Lin wrote:
>> I have also successfully executed that is to move cygwin1.dll to the root
>> directory to execute.
>>
>> Will cygwin1.dll be supported to execute in UDF format in the future?
> As I wrote earlier, it doesn't matter that the file system
> is UDF. cygwin1.dll 3.2.0 and later seems to cause problems
> if it is placed in the root directory.
>
> Even with UDF format, the problem does not occur if hello.exe
> and cygwin1.dll are placed in any directory other than root
> directory.

Perhaps the Cygwin DLL is trying to identify the Cygwin root directory
as one higher than its own location so that it can locate /etc/fstab
etc. If it's in the root of a drive maybe it's getting confused. Create
an x:\bin\ directory (where x is the drive letter of the UDF device)
into which to place cygwin1.dll and the executable.

--
Sam Edge




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