X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: X-Sender: tom_lee01 AT hotmail DOT com In-Reply-To: <4524FA9A.4030409@byu.net> From: "Tom Lee" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin unix commands in windows Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:02:55 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com >From: Eric Blake < > > > I noticed that if I run those commands in a machine without cygwin > > installed. > > it still looks for c:\cygwin > >Which commands look for c:\cygwin when it is not installed? setup.exe, >and all cygwin programs, honor your mount points. If cygwin has never >been installed, then no programs know to look for c:\cygwin because there >is no cygwin installed and thus no mount points. And until cygwin is >installed, cygwin 'ls' will not work. that is not true. If I copy ls.exe and related cygwin dll over a machine with no cygwin installed, "ls /" will list all files under c:/ , not c:/cygwin. I mistakely thought it will list c:/cygwin. that is good to know. thanks. tom _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself - download free Windows Live Messenger themes! http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://imagine-msn.com/themes/vibe/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/