Bug in startxwin.bat after installing with setup.exe in win98SE

[Robert Collins]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jehan [mailto:nahor@bravobrava.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, 14 July 2002 7:51 AM
> To: Robert Collins
> Subject: Re: Bug in startxwin.bat after installing with 
> setup.exe in win98SE
> 
> 
> Robert Collins wrote:
> >>- Create a shortcut to the batch file in the start menu. That 
> >>would be 
> >>the best solution except that I don't know how to do it. 
> Cygwin does 
> >>something like that for cygwin.bat but IIRC it has the cygwin path 
> >>hardcoded to "C:\cygwin" even if you installed cygwin in 
> "t:\foo\bar".
> > 
> > 
> > The cygwin bat file is created based on the output of mount, so it's
> > always correct.
> 
> I'm not talking of the batch file, I have that figured out 
> but about the 
> shortcut one gets in "Start | Cygwin". Doesn't this always point to 
> "c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat" even if cygwin.bat is actually in "t:\foo\bar"?

Nope, it's also generated from mount information. Cygwin could be
z:\bar\foo\bar and it would still be correct.

Rob