> > > > > > How about adding a /dev/registry fhandler to Cygwin? Registry keys would >be > > directories and values in the registry files. I'm willing to try coding >this > > if people think it's a good idea. It allows shell scripts to easily >access > > registry keys as well as programs. > > > >Well, it looks like I'll be the only one, but this sounds to me like an >insanely >*BAD* idea. It seems to me to be hard enough to keep the Windows registry >in >one piece even if you don't dink with it; I shudder to think what horrors >await >sombody with fat fingers and an itchy TAB finger (i.e. me): > >cat HundredsOfMBsOfCrap > >/dev/r[TAB-oops-I-meant...well-something-else-anyway] > >I'm trying to think where this would actually be useful, but I'm drawing a >blank. It seems to me that the registry should have at least a slightly >higher >barrier to entry than the command line. >
umm /dev/registry I am assuming you would think would act like a file? - people were suggesing /proc/registry - and as far as I could tell it would act like a directory - so your 'cat junk' would just fail with invalid target... maybe you meant cat hundredsofmbofjunk > /proc/registry/HKLM/User/Software/Windows/Current/blah/ding/shiznat.sz ? which i dont see you manageing no matter how hard you try ... Gareth >-- >Gary R. Van Sickle >Brewer. Patriot. > > >-- >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/ > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- 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/
