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From: Vince Hoffman <Vince DOT Hoffman AT uk DOT circle DOT com>
To: "'Luciano'" <lucianoav AT gmx DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Backing up Cygwin
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:17:59 +0100
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just the mount entries

to save your mount entries 
start a windows command prompt (comman.com or cmd.exe depending on your
windows version)#

cd c:\cygwin\bin
run mount -m > mounts.bat
then backup the mounts.bat file along with the rest.
when you have rinstalled and restored 
cd c:\cygwin\bin
and run mounts.bat

obviously replace c:\cygwin with whereever you have installed cygwin, and
this assumes you are restoreing it to the same path as it was originaly
installed. if you arent then edit the paths in th .bat file.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luciano [mailto:lucianoav AT gmx DOT net]
> Sent: 11 July 2003 17:10
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Backing up Cygwin
> 
> 
> Suppose I back up my entire Cygwin directory, format the disk, 
> reinstall Windows and restore Cygwin. It doesn't work. Why not? 
> Running Setup again then hunt and pecking very specific files from 
> the backup to the new installation is quite annoying. What else does 
> Setup copy/install and where?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Luciano ES
> <lucianoav AT ggmmxx DOT nneett>
> Santos, SP - Brasil
> 
> 
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