At 02:51 PM 2/14/2002, Mack, Daemian wrote:
>Hi all. I'm using Wise Installer to package and script an upgrade utility
>for Windows machines. As part of this package, I'm using Cygwin's bash.exe,
>rsync.exe, and the latest cygwin1.dll. At the moment, I'm just copying
>these three files to the hard disk on the target machine, then launching a
>bash.exe process with various arguments to rsync.exe to perform an rsync
>over the net.
>
>I've heard that the way I'm doing it might not be correct, mostly because
>the full setup of Cygwin provides registry entries concerning mount points,
>so that, for instance, the directive /cygdrive/c/windows/desktop means
>something to Cygwin utilities.
>
>But what I'm finding with my testing is that every time I run bash.exe on a
>machine with no other Cygwin install, these registry entries are created
>dynamically. I suspect cygwin1.dll is doing this when it's called by
>bash.exe.
>
>To all appearances, then, a full install of Cygwin seems redundant, since I
>can reference /cygdrive/c and get my work finished just fine without it.
>
>I'd like confirmation or denial of this, because I'd like to move forward
>without scripting a full Cygwin installation, using only these three files.
I'm not sure what you mean by a "full Cygwin installation, using only these
three files". To people on this list, a full Cygwin installation is more
than just the three files you indicate.
/cygdrive is meant to represent implicit mounts to local hard drives. The
Cygwin DLL takes care of generating these. Other mount points (/usr/bin,
/usr/lib, and /) are created by setup.exe and are not dynamically created
as needed. Your biggest concerns, though, should be:
1. Detecting an existing Cygwin installation so that your installation
doesn't clash with Cygwin's.
2. Robustly handling a subsequent installation of Cygwin.
It's worth noting that the installation you're describing would be
considered a custom one by this list and should come with its own
support channel. This list can't be it. I suspect that you're aware of
this but in case you're not, it's an important point to consider.
Hope that helps,
Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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