Suggestion: /etc/hosts

[Christopher Faylor]

On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 08:48:07AM -0400, Joe Buehler wrote:
>Paul Johnston wrote:
>
>>NT has an equivalent to /etc/hosts, so I think the cygwin install should
>>create this symbolic link:
>>
>>/etc/hosts -> ${SYSTEMROOT}/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
>
>This is a great idea, making allowances for variations in the different
>versions of Windows, of course.

So, like all great ideas, all that it needs is an actual patch to make
it happen.

cgf

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