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Date: | Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:38:14 +0200 (CEST) |
From: | Marcos Lorenzo de Santiago <marcos AT it DOT uc3m DOT es> |
To: | Nicholas Wourms <nwourms AT yahoo DOT com> |
Cc: | Paul Johnston <paj AT pajhome DOT org DOT uk>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
Subject: | Re: Suggestion: /etc/hosts |
In-Reply-To: | <20020909122515.69504.qmail@web21006.mail.yahoo.com> |
Message-ID: | <Pine.LNX.3.96.1020909143622.20485A-100000@varpa.it.uc3m.es> |
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> --- Paul Johnston <paj AT pajhome DOT org DOT uk> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > NT has an equivalent to /etc/hosts, so I think the cygwin install > > should > > create this symbolic link: > > > > /etc/hosts -> ${SYSTEMROOT}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts > > > > In fact, you could do this to a few other files in that directory, > > like > > services and protocols. hosts is the only one I commonly edit > > though. > > > The problem is that location isn't the right place on Win9X/ME, so it > ends up setting things wrong for those users. Well, anyway, does cygwin internal scripts know whether the OS is a Windows NT/98/ME/2K/XP? If so that's not a problem. I guess cygwin knows it and therefore could be achieved (if needed). Cheers, m4c. -- 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/
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