* Linda Walsh (Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:34:21 -0800) > > Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote: > > Linda Walsh wrote: > >> The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if > >> your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location. > >> > >> You could use "mount -p" (presuming your cygwin\bin is in your windows > >> path, as mine is). > >> > >> If not, need to look in the registry: > >> "\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts > >> v2\cygdrive prefix" > > > > No, you don't need to look in the registry. There's nothing there that > > 'mount' won't tell you. Forget about the registry. You'll be better > > off, especially when Cygwin 1.7 is released. > --- > I'm curious -- how does mount find or 'know' the cygdrive path > if it doesn't come from the registry.
/etc/fstab > For that matter, how would a windows .bat file find the > 'mount.exe' binary if the .bat file doesn't know 'cygdrive path'? Mount is not a Cygwin application (meaning it doesn't have to know where cygwin1.dll is). So the bat file simply has to specify the path to mount.exe. Thorsten -- 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/
