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Re: copy registry settings win98->xp all->user
At 10:45 AM 6/6/2002, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
>"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com> writes:
>
>> mount points are persistent. That's why you can find them in the registry.
>> You simply need to create the mount points you want once. After that, they
>> will persist on the system for which they were created until you remove them.
>
>That's good. It means I only need a "setup" script.
>
>Where in the registry: user registry, or system registry?
>
>I seems that the system registry is the logical place for that, but I can't
>write there. Is there a way to explicitly select this?
>
>Thanks
% mount --help
Usage: mount [OPTION] [<win32path> <posixpath>]
-b, --binary text files are equivalent to binary files
(newline = \n)
-c, --change-cygdrive-prefix change the cygdrive path prefix to <posixpath>
-f, --force force mount, don't warn about missing mount
point directories
-i, --import-old-mounts copy old registry mount table mounts into the current
mount areas
-p, --show-cygdrive-prefix show user and/or system cygdrive path prefix
-s, --system add mount point to system-wide registry location
-t, --text (default) text files get \r\n line endings
-u, --user (default) add mount point to user registry location
-x, --executable treat all files under mount point as executables
-X, --cygwin-executable treat all files under mount point as cygwin
executables
-m, --mount-commands write mount commands to replace user and
system mount points and cygdrive prefixes
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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