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From: "Keith Starsmeare" <keith_starsmeare AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
Subject: Can regtool be used to rename a key?
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:35:08 +0100
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I'd like to be able to script a method of renaming a key. Is there a simple
way of doing it using regtool?

I couldn't figure it out, so I had a look at the source, but I've never
programmed the registry before - so I'm naturally a little hesitant. I was
hoping that there'd be a RegMoveKey or RegRenameKey similar to the
RegDeleteKey, but no. The closest I could see in the MSDN was RegReplaceKey.
Has anyone with any experience of registry programming got any advice (which
you could email to me directly if there's the worry that discussing
programming the registry if OT)?

Also, as an aside, how do you recommend giving patches if you can't access
the cvs server because I'm behind a firewall? I downloaded the file from the
web site.

Incidentally, is there a reason that regtool likes backslashes so much?
They're a pain in the butt from the command line. I submit this wee tweak so
that I could use slashes for the keys:

*** regtool.cc  Wed Jun 27 15:24:43 2001
--- regtool.cc.txt      Wed Jun 27 15:16:22 2001
***************
*** 194,206 ****
    int i;
    if (*n == '/')
      translate (n);
!   while ((*n == '\\') || (*n == '/'))
      n++;
!   for (e = n; *e && *e != '\\' && *e != '/'; e++);
!   if (*e == '/')
!     c = '\\';
!   else
!     c = *e;
    *e = 0;
    for (i = 0; wkprefixes[i].string; i++)
      if (strcmp (wkprefixes[i].string, n) == 0)
--- 194,203 ----
    int i;
    if (*n == '/')
      translate (n);
!   while (*n == '\\')
      n++;
!   for (e = n; *e && *e != '\\'; e++);
!   c = *e;
    *e = 0;
    for (i = 0; wkprefixes[i].string; i++)
      if (strcmp (wkprefixes[i].string, n) == 0)

Cheers

Keith


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