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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: How to start windows version gvim for cygwin correctly?
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 13:10:41 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Luc Hermitte
> Sent: 12 May 2004 12:58

> > BTW, what's the best place to store cyg-wrapper.sh . I store it to
> > /usr/bin. Is /bin better?
> 
> Wherever you want.

  I suspect that you don't know how right you are.  In any standard cygwin
installation /usr/bin is just a mountpoint for /bin anyway!

> Personnally, I prefer $HOME/bin. Thus the day I
> reinstall cygwin or use it on another computer, I don't forget all the
> little scripts I use.
> 
> If I had to choose between cygwin directories, I would use
> /usr/local/bin as I install non-cygwin-standard stuff into /usr/local/
> -- understand, the stuff I've compiled like mutt, a colored version of
> abook, irssi, w3m, librairies, ...

  Your advice remains sound, in any case!

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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