Re: Bug in "startXwin.bat"

[Linda Walsh <cygwin at tlinx dot org>]

Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> Linda Walsh wrote:
> > Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> > > Linda Walsh wrote:
> > > > Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> > > > > Linda Walsh wrote:
> > > > > > The startxwin.sh script works, but startxwin.bat does not work if
> > > > > > your Cygwin installation isn't in the default location.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You could use "mount -p" (presuming your cygwin\bin is in your 
> > > > > > windows path, as mine is).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If not, need to look in the registry:
> > > > > > "\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts 
> > > > > > v2\cygdrive prefix"
> > > > >
> > > > > No, you don't need to look in the registry.  There's nothing there 
> > > > > that
> > > > > 'mount' won't tell you.  Forget about the registry.  You'll be better
> > > > > off, especially when Cygwin 1.7 is released.
> > > > -----
> > > >     Um...you sure about that?
> > > >
> > > >     how do you run 'mount' if you don't know what the cygdrive 
> > > > prefix is?
> > >
> > > Linda, please don't run the same thread on two different lists.  If you
> > > want to talk about this here, kill the thread that you started on the
> > > main list.
> >
> > Larry --
> >     The reason I changed forums was that the TOPIC/SUBJECT changed.
>
> This is perfectly reasonable, except you kept both threads running.
----
	Not exactly.  They were different posts -- I realized it was
a more general topic after first responding to the xfree.
> >     It went from my finding a bug in the Cygwin Xserver's
> > startxwin.bat script (something appropriate for the cygwin-xfree list)
> > to a more general question of how one would solve the problem
> > of finding the cygwin prefix in a windows batchfile.
>
> Actually, that's not the question you asked, though I'll concede that
> this is what you meant to ask.  And I answered that on the main list.
> For completeness, I'll paraphrase it here - there's no good way.
----
	AH HAH!  Thank-you.
	My >>>original<<< intent was simply to report a bug in the
Cygwin-X startup script "startxwin.bat" that you told me (indirectly via
the FAQ) to use.  My first idea was to use "mount -p" as you suggest.
However, I immediately realized that "mount" wouldn't be available if
you were not already in the Cygwin environment.


> >     Just because you can't answer the question without circular
> > logic is no reason to get upset.
>
> While other statements of yours have been understandable, even if they
> were in error, this one makes no sense so I won't respond to it.
---
	Probably somewhat a case of "projection"... ;^&


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