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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 01:10:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Chris Walters <chris DOT walters AT pobox DOT com>
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Subject: Re: CYGWIN Installer should setup a root environment variable
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On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Chris Walters wrote:

> I have experienced many times situations which I would like to refer to
> CYGWIN's root directory from a bat script. The most generic solution
> would be to utilise an environment variable such as CYGROOT or (as in
> startxwin.bat) CYGWIN_ROOT to refer to the absolute windows pathname
> (e.g. D:\cygwin). This would free us from making assumptions if it was
> setup during the installation utility. The environment variable should
> be setup for system if installed for "All Users".

`cygpath -w /`

> NT Question: How does cygwin update the System registry (for environment
> variables) if it is installed as a normal user? I can't modify it
> myself, so how does the installer do it?

It doesn't.  It only updates HKEY_CURRENT_USER, which it's always allowed
to do.  And, AFAIK, it doesn't set any environment variables, just the
mount settings...
	Igor
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