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Re: Beginnings of a patch: /etc/hosts

From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:45:06 +0200
Subject: Re: Beginnings of a patch: /etc/hosts
References: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0209101519230.1269-300000@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209110900120.3914-100000@gateway.morrison>
Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com

On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 09:03:11AM +0100, John Morrison wrote:
> 
> cygpath -S "output system directory and exit" returns
> /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32 for me.
> 
> Would this work under 9x/ME?

cygpath -W is the better choice.

  $ uname -s
  CYGWIN-98-4.10
  $ cygpath -S
  /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM
  $ cygpath -W
  /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS

but that's ok for NT/2K/XP as well.

Corinna

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References:
- Re: Beginnings of a patch: /etc/hosts
  - From: Igor Pechtchanski
- Re: Beginnings of a patch: /etc/hosts
  - From: John Morrison

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