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RE: Windows 2008 access to inetsrv directory
- From: <scotttinsley at ups dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:49:22 -0400
- Subject: RE: Windows 2008 access to inetsrv directory
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Using the bash shell from a 32-bit Cygwin install on the server, I still see no "sysnative" directory
$ pwd
/cygdrive/c/windows
nrgo947@wdiisn03 /cygdrive/c/windows
$ ls -lad Sy* sy*
drwx------+ 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Jul 14 2009 SysMsiCache
drwxrwx---+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Jul 13 2009 system
-rwx------+ 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 219 Jun 10 2009 system.ini
drwxrwx---+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Aug 18 13:26 System32
drwxrwx---+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Aug 18 13:26 SysWOW64
nrgo947@wdiisn03 /cygdrive/c/windows
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:40 AM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Windows 2008 access to inetsrv directory
On 09/11/2014 09:20 AM, scotttinsley@ups.com wrote:
> On this server, there is no sysnative under Windows. From a Windows
> CMD shell,
'sysnative' is only visible from 32-bit apps. See <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384187%28v=vs.85%29.aspx>
Specifically:
32-bit applications can access the native system directory by
substituting %windir%\Sysnative for %windir%\System32. WOW64 recognizes
Sysnative as a special alias used to indicate that the file system should
not redirect the access. This mechanism is flexible and easy to use,
therefore, it is the recommended mechanism to bypass file system
redirection. Note that 64-bit applications cannot use the Sysnative alias
as it is a virtual directory not a real one.
Unless you made sure that the CMD shell you're running is the 32-bit version, it won't see sysnative. As I mentioned before, this is not a Cygwin-specific issue.
If your goal is to be able to see and work seamlessly with other 64-bit apps and Cygwin, you may find less difficulty if you install the 64-bit version of Cygwin.
--
Larry
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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