Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2001 10:19:03 +0100
Message-ID:	<7434-Tue21Aug2001101903+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk>
X-Mailer:	21.5 (beta2) "artichoke" XEmacs Lucid (via feedmail 9-beta-7 I);
	VM 6.92 under 21.5 (beta2) "artichoke" XEmacs Lucid
From:	David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
MIME-Version:	1.0
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Cygwin's CVS - can it be a network server?
In-Reply-To:	<20010818220509.C536@cygbert.vinschen.de>
References:	<8BFEC206D292D311921500508B0BCB8D08791E06 AT msgstl01 DOT sbc DOT com>
	<20010818220509 DOT C536 AT cygbert DOT vinschen DOT de>

On Saturday 18 Aug 01, Corinna Vinschen writes:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 01:47:48PM -0500, ASH, JAMES (SBCSI) wrote:
> > Through many hours of experimentation, it seems that cygwin doesn't require,
> > or use, the /etc/services file. (Is this statement correct?)
> 
> Correct. It uses the services file of the OS:
> 
> 9x/ME:	${WINDIR}\\SERVICES
> NT/W2K:	${SYSTEMROOT}\\system32\\drivers\\etc\\services

I've been meaning to add this to the FAQ, BTW.  Will try to get to it soon.

Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

- Raw text -