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On Jan 29 11:14, Ronald Fischer wrote:
> Is there a way to get /sbin/sysctl -a running on cygwin? I get
> 
>   error: unable to open directory "/proc/sys/"
> 
> and indeed, there is no sys under proc. Under what conditions is /proc/sys
> created on cygwin?

There's no implementation of a virtual /proc/sys dir and there are no
plans to implement one.  As usual, http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI and
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC :)


Corinna

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