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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:39:58 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 'man' page for 'mintty' for review
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On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 10:04:36AM +0100, Peter Rosin wrote:
> Den 2009-02-05 20:47 skrev Lee D.Rothstein:
>> MinTTY users,
>> Please, if you would, review the attached 'man' page -- 'mintty.1'.
>> Andy Koppe intends to fold it into the 0.3.6 MinTTY release.
>> Comments, corrections, addtitions to this list, please.
>> 'man ./mintty.1.gz' will render the file (in the current directory)
>> without "installing" the page.
>
> "3.   Make sure that the Windows file spec for the folder that contains
>       both cygwin1.dll and mintty.exe (typically, c:/Cygwin/usr/bin) are
>       on the PATH variable, in the Windows System or User environment
>       variables space."
>
> I would say that the typical location is C:\Cygwin\bin.
>
> Later in the document:
>
> "First, PATH must include the Windows path of the /bin, where typically
>  both mintty.exe and cygwin1.dll' will be found. Remember, this is a"
>
> I would say the Window path of /usr/bin here, since that is where the
> package is installed (but since /usr/bin is typically mirrored to /bin
> so that's perhaps a minor point).

/usr/bin is not in any way a Windows path so I don't think there is any
reason to change this.

cgf

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