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

Andrew Schulman schulman.andrew@epamail.epa.gov
Tue Jan 24 12:05:00 GMT 2012


> > How should the batch file determine the Cygwin installation location?
> > Just assuming "C:\cygwin" will not work for everyone.
> 
> The batch file could be generated in a postinstall script via sed or gawk.

What's the supported way in a postinstall script to find the Cygwin
installation directory?  I thought of 'cat
/proc/registry/HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Cygwin/something-or-other', but
it seems that there can be multiple installation locations stored there.



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