Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/07/25/12:08:01
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Richard Campbell wrote:
> [snip]
>
> >for owner, used SYSTEM instead of default root
>
> I'm not sure this matters.
Me neither. I have a 'root' user, anyway... :-)
> >install script did not move the executable into the proper directory:
>
> I tracked this down to the file generated being /usr/local/bin/top.exe,
> and then the script tries to change /usr/local/bin/top.
Yep, it's in the FAQ.
> I also had to change the PROC_SUPER_MAGIC number to 0x001F, which I
> suspect is due to me running on NT4.0 on an NTFS partition (alternately,
> it could be because the system drive is FAT).
> -Richard Campbell.
The value of PROC_SUPER_MAGIC was derived by an experiment on my system.
Maybe someone more knowledgeable in how this value is produced can help
come up with a portable solution.
Igor
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