* Igor Pechtchanski (03-03-25 18:33 +0100) > On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> * Martin Gainty (03-03-25 18:07 +0100) >>> Where does cygwin look for hosts file ? >> >> "Cygwin" doesn't care about "hosts". The applications are looking for >> it in /etc and it is symlinked to the Windows default file in >> %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\drivers\etc\. >> Thorsten > > <pedantic>The applications (through wsock32.dll) look for it in the > standard Windows place, which is %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\drivers\etc\ on > WinNT/2k/XP and %WINDIR%\ on Win9x. The symlink is for the > users.</pedantic>
Well, I thought some /applications/ were explictly looking and complaining for the existence of the "most important" files on a Unix host and this was the reason for the hosts, networks, services and protocols links. Thorsten -- Content-Type: text/explicit; charset=ISO-8859-666 (Parental Advisory) Content-Transfer-Warning: message contains innuendos not suited for children under the age of 18 -- 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/
