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Re: Where is cygwin installed - automatic query
I like Larry's answer, but to comment on yours:
I would need an automatic way to find the setup.log.full file and the parsing program now needs to be in the path. So I am
no better off than I was before.
sps
Earnie Boyd wrote:
> Stephen Smith wrote:
> >
> > Uh ... yes and no. We will use setup to install cygwin. Then we will use crossGCC.exe to install the cross compiler
> > where the location is c:\somedirectory and the mount point is /usr/local/somedirectory. Of course the location is
> > selectable from a dialog box.
> >
> > To create the mount point, /usr/local/somedirectory, I need the mount command. But the directory containing mount.exe
> > isn't in the path environment variable.
> >
>
> The setup.log.full file contains a line that begins `root:' that
> identifies the users choice of where to install Cygwin. Perhaps parsing
> that file would serve your need.
>
> Earnie.
>
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