Default directory is "C:\PROGRA~1\RATIONAL\RATION~1\NUTCROOT\mksnt\"?

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

On 04/25/2006, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin X) wrote:
> 
> > Without the benefit of all the info that <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>
> > recommends, I can hazard a guess that you have a copy of the MKS tools
> > installed.  These tools will conflict with the like named tools in Cygwin.
> > Your best bet is to remove them.  You'll likely find little advantage to
> > having them both and you certainly invite difficulties if you decide to 
> keep
> > them both. 
> 
> 
> Not entirely true, Larry.  If he *were* to remove that installation of MKS, 
> he would then discover that his Rational Rose/Clearcase/Clearquest 
> installation was broken.  IBM's Rational toolkit relies on having those MKS 
> tools available (and no, they cannot be coerced into using cygwin's tools 
> instead). 

Sorry Chuck and Philip.  There was no way for me to devine this possibility
from information given.  If you're right, then it may be worth the work of
separating them both and using them that way.

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