X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <496D0567.8090200@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:19:35 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to make setup.exe default to local-install? References: <496C2348.3010507@cygwin.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2009-01-13, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . Thanks. >> On 01/12/2009, Grant Edwards wrote: >>> It looks like a batch file would work, but it pops up a >>> "nuisance" console window. [Question: does "local directory" >>> refer to the directory where setup.exe is located or to the >>> current working directory?] >> It refers to the local directory containing all the packages >> in the directory structure you get when you download packages. >> So it is neither the directory where 'setup.exe' is located >> not the current working directory. > > If it's neither the current working directory nor the directory > where setup.exe is located, then how does setup.exe know where > to find it? Are you only interested in knowing where the local directory defaults to the first time it is run on a machine without a Cygwin installation? If so, then yes, it is CWD. Otherwise, the local directory is the local package directory where packages were downloaded last time, which may not be the synonymous with the CWD at the time that you start 'setup.exe'. In any case, the local directory to use is stored in '/etc/setup/last-cache'. -- 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/