> Greetings, Vincent Richomme! > >>>> run setup and choose the directory you want >>> >>>> the default proposal is c:\cygwin >>> >>> To add: >>> Strongly advised against paths with spaces or national letters. >>> > >> Again I was not very clear I don't want to know how to install cygwin >> because even a monkey can do it. >> No what I want to know is in the installer how do you change folder >> permissions, what kind of API, is it done by the installer or by some post >> install script... > > Erm, wat? Sorry, but I quite don't understand, what the end-result you want? > Cygwin is installed in userspace. You could even install it in your profile > directory (assuming you're on Vista/W7). > >> Where can I find cygwin installer sources if it's done by it. >> Actually I built a custom installer for msys/mingw-w64 and when I >> install it in C:/Developer/MaxGW, if I run it without permissions I cannot >> create new folder : > >> mkdir: cannot create directory `/home': Permission denied >> cp: cannot create regular file `/home/Vincent/.inputrc': No such file >> or direry >> bash: cd: /home/Vincent: No such file or directory > > Then you don't have permissions to write to that folder. > >> It means I usually have to run my application using administrator >> rights but I don't like to do this. >> Cygwin seems to allow user to create folder inside its installation >> path so I would like to know how it's possible. > > Sorry my, is this question regarding Cygwin, or msys? >
Forget my question because it's not the right place here but my remark about README is related to cygwin. So I don't care but it wouldn't hurt to update your document. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
