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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:00:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject:  Re: cygwin copy
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Reply-To: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 09:51:01 -0400 (EDT) Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> wrote:

> It's interesting that all three replies to this message mentioned the
> registry...  While Vince should only have mentioned that it's *currently*
> held in the registry, Pavel actually recommended exporting it.  As I've
> been mildly chided for this before, here's an equivalent registry-free
> solution:
> 
> On the source machine:
>         $ mount -m > restore_mounts.sh
> On the target:
>         $ ./restore_mounts.sh
> (after the appropriate file transfer, of course).
> 
> I should mention that Fergus's solution with setup.exe should also work.

You could also create restore_mounts.bat the same way and run it in a MSDOS
window.  The mount command does not depend on cygwin1.dll and the `mount
-m` output should work under MSDOS 'shells' as well as under Cygwin shells.

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