On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 08:21:05AM +0100, Gerald Villemure wrote: > > /proc/registry/* > > > > is a GREAT idea! > > > (*) P.S. "back then" somebody mentioned a few problems with file-system > > access to registry entries: how do you deal with the various types -- > > DWORD, BINARY, STRING, (and the other types that AREN'T accessible > > via regedit...) > > Why not use a file name extention (vary microsoft like thing to do) > > First lets use standard Root key Name Abbreviations > HKEY_CURRENT_USER HKCU > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE HKLM > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT HKCR > HKEY_USERS HKEY_USERS > HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG > > As for value data types, we could use: > REG_SZ .sz > REG_DWORD .dword > REG_BINARY .binary > REG_EXPAND_SZ .expand > REG_MULTI_SZ .mutli > > So this: > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] > "WinVNC"="data goes here" > > would become: > /proc/registry/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/WinVNC.sz > > Good or bad idea?
Good. Now you just have to implement /proc/registry in Cygwin. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
