X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:03:58 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Where is cygwin bin directory? Message-ID: <20051122210358.GC27219@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20051122183415.GB23653@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:58:18PM +0100, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote: >cgf wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 07:20:26PM +0100, Lennart Borgman wrote: >>> Is the path to Cygwin bin directory available in windows registry? >>> >>> It would be nice if it were there since that would make it easier to >>> use Cygwin from other programs. >> >> "man cygpath" >> "man mount" > >Deciphered: > >- Windows style path >$ cygpath -aw /bin > >Output, e.g: W:\cygwin\bin > >- Cygwin style path >$ echo "$(cygpath -am /bin)" | \ >sed -re 's/^(..)(.*)$/\1;\2;-/' | \ >(IFS=";" read drive path garbage; \ >echo "$(cygpath -au "$drive")$path" ) > >Output, e.g: /cygdrive/w/cygwin/bin Referrring to the cygwin /bin directory as /cygdrive/w/cygwin/bin serves no purpose. To the OP - just use whatever cygpath options make sense. It's not that hard and it certainly doesn't require anything like the gobbledegook above. Or, if you just are just curious about what /bin translates to, use mount. cgf -- 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/