On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 09:29:54PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Brian Dessent wrote: > > > [snip] > > I don't know if it's necessary (but perhaps worth a shot?) to make a > > link from /etc/hosts to the Windows hosts file, which is in > > %WINDIR%\system32\drivers\etc for 2k/xp. > > > > Brian > > The "base-files" package already does that (for Win9x also). > Igor
And it's not necessary. Winsock doesn't care for Cygwin's /etc directory. 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 Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/