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Date: | Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:21:31 -0400 |
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Ralph Hempel wrote: > Yes, I've read the FAQ on making Cygwin portable :-) > > I'd like to have a complete Cygwin environment on a FLASH > drive, but of course using that drive to compile stuff in > my HOME directory will be awfully slow. Why is that? > Is there a way to create a symlink of a directory on a local > hard drive to the cygwin /home/username/ directory? No, not across volumes. You could try 'junction', which does something "similar" in Windows land. > Are there any features in 1.7 that will make a portable > cygwin easier to maintain? There will be no mount table in the registry. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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