On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:45:49 -0400, Larry Hall typed: > At 12:43 PM 4/15/2004, you wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 09:01:07PM -0400, Larry Hall wrote: >>> At 08:17 PM 4/13/2004, you wrote: >>>>>> How about an FAQ entry: >>>>>> >>>>>> How do I install Cygwin to share over a network? >>>>>> >>>>>> Having more than one person to be able to access a single >>>>>> shared >>>>>> instance of Cygwin it is not much different than doing a >>>>>> local >>>>>> install: >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) Install to a network drive. Make sure the the drive >>>>>> you pick >>>>>> will have the same drive letter for everyone. >>>>>> 2) On the machine you used for the install, add the DOS >>>>>> path to >>>>>> the cygwin bin to PATH >>>>>> 3) Fire up a shell and type >>>>>> mount -m > remount.sh >>>>>> 4) On every other user's computer, just add the cygwin >>>>>> bin to the >>>>>> PATH, execute remount.sh and give them a shortcut to >>>>>> cygwin.bat >>>>> >>>>> We try to limit FAQ entries to those that are frequently >>>>> asked. >>>>> This one comes up but only once in a while. The idea is if >>>>> the FAQ >>>>> becomes to full of "stuff", it will be too hard for anyone >>>>> to use. So we >>>>> try to keep it at the "manageable" level by using the axiom >>>>> above. This >>>>> would be a reasonable thing to add to the Users Guide IMO. >>>>> If you're up >>>>> to it, skim through and see if you can see a good spot to >>>>> add it. If you >>>>> can create a patch, I'm sure this will get included. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Well, I fired up cvs and tried to grab src/winsup/doc. I >>>> ended up with the >>>> whole system somehow - thank goodness we are not up on dialup. >>>> >>>> I figured out what needed modification and made the mods. I >>>> then tried >>>> firing up the build system to see if I didn't screw things >>>> up. ./configure >>>> seemed to work ok, but make didn't - no db2html. I searched >>>> all the source >>>> code (since I had it anyway) but didn't find any files named >>>> like db2html >>>> nor did I find any entries in any Makefiles to build it. >>>> >>>> Is there a single search that can be done to figure out in >>>> what package >>>> db2html might be, so I can download and continue? >>> >>> >>> This is part of docbook but unfortunately there is no Cygwin >>> package for >>> docbook (at least not yet, other than the DTD and style- >>> sheets). So you'll >>> need to grab docbook-tools (http://sources.redhat.com/docbook- >>> tools/). >> >> Actually, IIRC that site is hopelessly out of date, you're better >> off grabbing >> the docbook-utils source from somewhere else. But that's beside >> the point, >> since to build just the FAQ you don't need DocBook (that's for >> the User's >> Guide). You do need texi2html, in the tetex-bin package. Then go >> to your build >> dir and just type 'make faq0.html' to get the FAQ-in-one-HTML- >> page. > > > Actually, I had said that this wasn't really FAQ fodder at this > point but > suggested that it would fit in the User's Guide. > > >> If you really want a full DocBook install, see the cygwin-doc >> README for >> details about how I do it right now. By the way, cygwin-doc-X.YZ- >> src also >> contains just the DocBook/texinfo source for the documentation, >> though CVS >> is definitely the place for patches to the latest. > > > Actually, I'm not sure that the OP wants a full DocBook install but > given > my comments, he was following the path that lead him there. ;-) > > Thanks for all your help. I'm going to have to put this on the shelf for a few days - I just had a followup to my lasix procedure and my left eye is a mass of tears. I'll report back next week. -- Matthew O. Persico
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