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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 22:35:34 -0400
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Subject: Re: /cygdrive/windows ?
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In-Reply-To: <200005030228.WAA25280@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 10:28:38PM -0400

On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 10:28:38PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>> I was just thinking that it might be nice to have a generic way of
>> specifying the place where the /windows directory lives.
>
>You mean, besides $SYSTEMROOT and $WINDIR ?

Yes.  I was thinking of some non-user-modifiable way.  I don't want
to rely on environment variables and I was thinking it would be
interesting to supply these a something mountable.

cgf