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:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s=default; b=brhu 8vEcEJTTAiQ5frM1mrwXOoG1J8iTk4pAVSZAumPSrFBXQncNcaeVb7J3JLM7aG2o vnGJdBBvKIqWvMD/GGhHd3Sbu809dtQEtpul7k7OZ3BiRh2I7SXJls4qOuEOct3x yTx58wFC3R7ytlsSa1hRcnRzyhaqNEqmiqhURys= 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:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=sGRCLea0sC 4AyAVpee4m1hZ0QGQ=; b=A6goI1vmIyn/1CYbZM62i0HjaKlpv+9g4/9kjmySm8 qMB4CG6U8L6OJos30fV5SaZDwPSJ8pn0QHc9Z2X6HxDqYSEXe2SboqXQSn5N4DlM 8HDXeMiIZ5GJoJe3I7J3lgzvP29zXtaMCdOhuK1RhgVFnHJ795kyDesUPgY0hYvJ s= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com> List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs> 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-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=20200131102434 DOT gb5074 AT tik DOT uni-stuttgart DOT de, 20200131102434GB5074tikunistuttgartde, U*20200131102434.GB5074, 20200131102434gb5074tikunistuttgartde X-HELO: mx1.rus.uni-stuttgart.de Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:29:04 +0100 From: Ulli Horlacher <framstag AT rus DOT uni-stuttgart DOT de> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Is there a way to clone-install Cygwin? Message-ID: <20200131112904.GC5074@tik.uni-stuttgart.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <SN6PR09MB2877F202738BF6B7029538F3A50D0 AT SN6PR09MB2877 DOT namprd09 DOT prod DOT outlook DOT com> <16fc5b76c50 DOT 2780 DOT a1382e26d1292f71ec6ef0cd03d49346 AT pdc DOT ca> <20200131102434 DOT GB5074 AT tik DOT uni-stuttgart DOT de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200131102434.GB5074@tik.uni-stuttgart.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-IsSubscribed: yes On Fri 2020-01-31 (11:24), Ulli Horlacher wrote: > On Mon 2020-01-20 (19:28), Brent Epp wrote: > > > Cygwin is totally portable! You can simply copy the installation folder to > > another PC, copy the shortcut (edit target if needed) and it will work. > > How do you copy it? > Which archive container do you use? > > I have tried it with: > > /: cat zip.bat > cd C:\ > \7z\7za a -tzip -xr!cygwin64/home/* -xr!cygwin64/var/log/* tmp\cygwin64.zip cygwin64 > > But in resulting cygwin64.zip the directories /cygdrive /proc /usr/bin and /usr/lib are > missing, because they are mount points. I have now extracted this cygwin64.zip on a second Windows host using the Windows bsdtar I have started a mintty with bash: The missing mountpoint directories were created automagically :-) > Next problem is: the file permissions will not be restored. And all symbolic links have been extracted as regular files :-( -- Ullrich Horlacher Server und Virtualisierung Rechenzentrum TIK Universitaet Stuttgart E-Mail: horlacher AT tik DOT uni-stuttgart DOT de Allmandring 30a Tel: ++49-711-68565868 70569 Stuttgart (Germany) WWW: http://www.tik.uni-stuttgart.de/ REF:<20200131102434 DOT GB5074 AT tik DOT uni-stuttgart DOT de> -- 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