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Re: //c path prefix (again) with a legacy sw?
- To: Jokinen Jyke <jyke at cs dot tut dot fi>
- Subject: Re: //c path prefix (again) with a legacy sw?
- From: ejfried at california dot sandia dot gov (friedman_hill ernest j)
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:16:23 -0700 (PDT)
- CC: cygwin at cygwin dot com
1) Edit the binaries, search for //c/usr, change to /zz/usr
2) Make a symlink from /zz/usr to /cygdrive/c/usr
and Bob's your uncle!
I think Jokinen Jyke wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> I have "old" binaries compiled with version 1.1.8 and they internally
> access in one point a location starting with path //c/usr meaning
> WinPath C:\USR. Is there any configuration change which would allow me
> to use these binaries in a newer version (1.3.3)?
>
> What I have already tried:
>
> 1. Compiling the package again to no avail. It's a Modula-3 compiler from
> http://m3.polymtl.ca/m3/download. Package pm3-1.1.15-src-NT386GNU-boot.tgz
> worked quite fine in 1.1.8 but I only get strange errors (means I cannot
> correct them) in 1.3.3 (win2k pro).
> And the package _has to be_ configured with installation path
> of "C:\some\place".
>
> 2. Playing with the mount command. I can setup a mount prefix of "/c" for
> the "C-drive" but not "//c".
>
> Is there any workaround for this other than creating a real SMB-share machine
> named "c" ?? (no that is not an option for me ;)
>
> - Jyke Jokinen
>
>
>
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