Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Importance: Normal Subject: Re: How to run javac To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.3 (Intl) 21 March 2000 Message-ID: From: "Fred Kulack" Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:11:16 -0600 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on d27ml103/27/M/IBM(Release 5.0.5 |September 22, 2000) at 11/22/2000 10:11:17 AM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Ok, but.... 8-) I have never been one to follow directions for the sake of directions (even from someone who is always right from what I can tell... 8-), I must convince myself of something before I do it... So, I'm wondering why? I've never had any problems, I've been able to uninstall, etc, etc... To do other than that seemed to make setup and usuabilty a lot more unnatural. Clearly, this does not mean I can't or won't hose myself, but are there any concrete examples you can think of? > > Actually, I tend to recommend and always do install cygwin in > > the root directory. It gives the most natural unix like environment. > > > > There's nothing special about the root directory, you just have to be > > sure you don't delete the couple of files that cygwin puts there. > > > >We, the Cygwin supporters, don't recommend this. > > > Wondering how many others do this? > > > >However, there are exceptions. If you do do this, make sure you use a >partition that only contains the Cygwin distribution. > > > Also, after this: javac /this/is/*.java works fine. > > > >Only if your CWD is on the device that contains *.java. Definitely true. Many windows boxes have single large hard disks, and if not, I simply use relative pathnames. >Cheers, > >===== >Earnie Boyd -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com