Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/04/09/13:22:17
At 12:44 PM 4/9/2004, you wrote:
>On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Larry Hall wrote:
>
>Hi Larry,
>
>> Right. I think that goes along with the notion that the '@' stuff is
>> enabled for Cygwin processes invoked from non-Cygwin ones. But perhaps
>> I was unclear about what I was looking for. Peter's response seemed to
>> indicate that he tried *both* the suggested mount option and the '@file'
>> option simultaneously. It also wasn't clear whether he was using the
>> '@file' option as invoked by a Windows process (perhaps even as a variant
>> of Barry's example below) or whether he tried it from a Cygwin process
>> (directly). Ditto for the mount option. I think Peter was trying to
>> indicate that these options work but it's a little confusing given that
>> Chris's previous statements say that '@file' should be a solution for
>> Windows processes and the mount option should be a solution for Cygwin
>> processes. It's unclear whether Peter is confirming or refuting any
>> part or parts of Chris' statement. That's what I was hoping to get some
>> clarification on.
>
>I've already responded with a more clear explaination, but I felt
>compelled to respond here as well. I was making a mental leap in my
>other email. Johan's original email questioned about the "-X" mount
>option possibly being useful, and Chris's email talked about @file being
>only useable from a non-Cygwin invocation. I tied the two together and
>they worked. This is what Johan had originally asked about (both -X and
>@file), and, from that context, I was responding. Sorry if it was a
>little inarticulate by arrived at a conclusion without supplying my
>work-sheet as proof :). For Johan's configuration, this combination
>should work for him. I hadn't tried any other combinations because it
>was uninteresting with respect to Johan's configuration. If it didn't
>work, I would have experimented further, but it did and I didn't :)
>
Great, thanks Peter. I'm clear now. :-)
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