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Re: /rebase.sh (was Re: YA call for snapshot testing)


On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 02:23:15PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> [Moved to cygwin-apps for discussion]
> 
> On Jan 20 09:49, marco atzeri wrote:
> > As rebaseall is almost mandatory on W7/64 and
> > we are always suggesting it to anyone with fork problem,
> > I think a simple batch file in the / (called rebase.bat ?)
> > similar to the cygwin.bat
> > 
> > with something like
> > -------------------------------------
> > C:
> > chdir C:\cygwin\bin
> > C:\cygwin\bin\dash -l -i -c "rebaseall"
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> Sounds like an interesting idea.  That would simplify the description
> in the User's Guide, too.  The only problem I see with this is the
> fact that rebaseall exits prematurely if more than just dash or ash
> processes are running.  Maybe we should add a flag to rebaseall so
> that it waits for a keypress in that case.

How should the batch file determine the Cygwin installation location?
Just assuming "C:\cygwin" will not work for everyone.

Jason


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