From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: Like-unix tree directories 18 Jul 1998 15:06:06 -0700 Message-ID: <19980717131637.23148.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1d.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: dominique DOT cretel AT cfwb DOT be Cc: gw32 ---CRETEL Dominique wrote: > > Hi Earnie, > > Earnie Boyd wrote: > > To do as you've suggested: > > > > bash$: mount -b //d/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32/bin /bin > > bash$: mount -b //d/Cygnus/B19/H-i386-cygwin32/bin /usr/bin > > bash$: mount -b //c/texmf/MiKTeX/bin /usr/local/bin > > Yes, it's a good solution, but if you have another package, for example > groff, and you want to put thene executable files in the /usr/local/bin > too, I think you can't do again a mount -b //c/texmf/MiKTeX/bin > /usr/local/bin! > > Note: With bash, where is the mount table? It is stored within the registry. Search the archives for the key values if you need them. > > > As an alternative that will help with the delima I'll suggest > > that you: > > > > mkdir c:\bin > > mkdir c:\usr\bin > > mkdir c:\usr\local\bin > > > > put bash.exe, sh.exe and cygwinb19.dll in c:\bin > > put the rest of the cygwin executables in c:\usr\bin > > and then put your MikTex in c:\usr\local\bin > > > > You could leave the rest of cygwin alone or move the include directory > > to c:\usr\include and move the lib directory to c:\usr\lib. > > I don't like this solution because with it I have to do a lot of move > when I get a new package or a new version of an existing package! > I prefer the first one. Yes, but you can only have one package as /usr/local/bin with the first method and you will still have to modify the DOS PATH variable which I believe was your original concern. > > Thanks, > Dominique > Your welcome, == - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- --earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com-- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".