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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:46:23 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Fwd: Cygwin, RZ_EXPAND_SZ for mounting
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In-Reply-To: <3063779100bjorn.johansson@micronic.se>; from bjorn.johansson@micronic.se on Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 09:45:00AM +0100

On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 09:45:00AM +0100, Bj?rn Johansson /Konsult wrote:
>Ooops! 
>Forgot to say that I am running Cygwin 1.1.4

It also sounds like you're bypassing cygwin tools and tinkering with
things yourself.  You're effectively on your own when you do this.

cgf

>--------------------------------------
>Date: 1/31/2001 8:58 AM
>From: Björn Johansson /Konsult <bjorn DOT johansson AT micronic DOT se>
>
>Hello,
>
>I have tried to set a variable in the windows registry for the mounting of cygwin directories. This is to have the possibility to switch between different cygwin istallations without changing the registry (only changing MY_HOME).
>
>Cygwin starts OK but "man" doesn't work. "man make" gives the error 
>/usr/bin/tbl: not found
>/usr/bin/groff: not found  
>
>It seems that it is the Type REG_EXPAND_SZ that causes the error. If I set the complete path (X:) instead of  %MY_HOME% I get the same error (REG_EXPAND_SZ is still there).
>
>Windows control panel
>--------------------------------------
>User variable:  MY_HOME
>Value:   X:
>
>
>Registry
>--------------
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
>     SOFTWARE
>           Cygnus Solutions
>                   Cygwin
>                        mounts v2
>                            /usr/bin          native      REG_EXPAND_SZ   %MY_HOME%/cygwin/bin
>
>
>Also set for / and /lib
>
>
>
>By the way, thanks a lot for Cygwin!!! I am forced to work in Windows....
>
>Thanks,
>
>Björn Johansson
>Micronic Laser Systems AB
>bjorn DOT johansson AT micronic DOT se
>
>
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