X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=KquTVEHrcufRbTMC b915mebASzVnfvrTuOvrUAkU14/TcDJuypsgqhOVNMHfluR29JvrXd2wMFlJyZSx Z7h/6n3X81iw8ztSP6+9MF5oo94CpXm+BeHzEykQxHn0MtqmJgHfIvT2CCHh3R5l RhHd3A7Soowxb94nHZwAFC4xQ+o= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=4F7EMJ84gQD4kRPJyfstbn tflHQ=; b=AiAv4C9mV6bL43HHglm34BO0AKWw7KeM4y4GF6X/i25mdFHjCQOLbn AYHOENUvJDbc4YiGJep60J6/ybC0YaigEsbg89cwReX5uA3XQmCTM4ooKEgN1Pa3 YANq/lDC7tlyVc6BuUjF0qng94E8/Ys+lcpXq3sOr5oL7AXTpC6ck= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*MI:sk:0df3b6e, H*f:sk:0df3b6e, H*i:sk:0df3b6e, Hx-languages-length:1328 X-HELO: resqmta-po-08v.sys.comcast.net Subject: Re: Setting up cygrunsrv after moving installation to another drive To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <0df3b6e4-3435-7e51-58ad-31b4f9a4e4ff AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca> From: Ernie Rael Message-ID: <1bf0c23f-0f39-3f47-bb65-450ea8d20d9c@raelity.com> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:47:38 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <0df3b6e4-3435-7e51-58ad-31b4f9a4e4ff@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfAcurBh3g5RUrcbWgj45Ba8ePocs4lI4NCmlYwUsr11lJIiyD1nWAjuaqEbRbM8/vyGCifNbulxQwoqYodC3IReFIuzTPCV5V15Idp4sMIMDXgI9zJHh zvMOUrTkYOUa5LjLDsOI9s0YmBbD64UrL2o= X-IsSubscribed: yes Thanks Brian, the Windows command to manipulate service configuration is exactly what I needed. -ernie On 9/25/2016 6:17 PM, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2016-09-25 17:28, Ernie Rael wrote: >> I have just moved (robocopy) cygwin installation from C:/cygwin64 to >> F:/cygwin64 (win7). My stumbling block is handling cygrunsrv. >> >> For cygrunsrv, I thought I could change the service properties to >> start it from F:/..., but I can't figure out how to do that on Win7. >> >> Any suggestions on how best to get cygrunsrv going/installed after >> moving cygwin installation? > > $ sc qc cygserver > will show how the service is currently configured e.g. > > [SC] QueryServiceConfig SUCCESS > > SERVICE_NAME: cygserver > TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS > START_TYPE : 2 AUTO_START (DELAYED) > ERROR_CONTROL : 1 NORMAL > BINARY_PATH_NAME : C:\cygwin64\bin\cygrunsrv.exe > LOAD_ORDER_GROUP : > TAG : 0 > DISPLAY_NAME : CYGWIN cygserver > DEPENDENCIES : > SERVICE_START_NAME : LocalSystem > > From an elevated prompt (run as Admin): > > $ sc config cygserver binPath= $(cygpath -w $(which cygrunsrv)) > > or the Windows equivalent from an elevated cmd prompt: > >> sc config cygserver binPath= F:\cygwin64\bin\cygrunsrv.exe > > IIRC the space after the = is required. > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple