Re: Where is cygwin bin directory?

Re: Where is cygwin bin directory?

[Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes]

On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 04:03:58PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:58:18PM +0100, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:
> >cgf wrote:
> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 07:20:26PM +0100, Lennart Borgman wrote:
> >>> Is the path to Cygwin bin directory available in windows registry?
> >>> 
> >>> It would be nice if it were there since that would make it easier to
> >>> use Cygwin from other programs.
> >> 
> >> "man cygpath"
> >> "man mount"
> >
> >Deciphered:
> >
> >- Windows style path
> >$ cygpath -aw /bin
> >
> >Output, e.g: W:\cygwin\bin
> >
> >- Cygwin style path
> >$ echo "$(cygpath -am /bin)" | \
> >sed -re 's/^(..)(.*)$/\1;\2;-/' | \
> >(IFS=";" read drive path garbage; \
> >echo "$(cygpath -au "$drive")$path" )
> >
> >Output, e.g: /cygdrive/w/cygwin/bin
> 
> Referrring to the cygwin /bin directory as /cygdrive/w/cygwin/bin serves
> no purpose.
> 
> To the OP - just use whatever cygpath options make sense.  It's not that
> hard and it certainly doesn't require anything like the gobbledegook
> above.
> 
> Or, if you just are just curious about what /bin translates to, use mount.
> 
> cgf

I have to take exception to this post of cgf's.  I mean, Really!  How
can you use that kind of language to people?  It's gobbledegoop, not
gobbledegook.

*pause*

*consult dictionary*

Oops, sorry; -gook seems to be canonical.  Not the way I learned it though!
But it is gobbledygook with a Y!

Re: Where is cygwin bin directory?

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 08:14:20AM -0800, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 04:03:58PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 09:58:18PM +0100, Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:
>> >cgf wrote:
>> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 07:20:26PM +0100, Lennart Borgman wrote:
>> >>> Is the path to Cygwin bin directory available in windows registry?
>> >>> 
>> >>> It would be nice if it were there since that would make it easier to
>> >>> use Cygwin from other programs.
>> >> 
>> >> "man cygpath"
>> >> "man mount"
>> >
>> >Deciphered:
>> >
>> >- Windows style path
>> >$ cygpath -aw /bin
>> >
>> >Output, e.g: W:\cygwin\bin
>> >
>> >- Cygwin style path
>> >$ echo "$(cygpath -am /bin)" | \
>> >sed -re 's/^(..)(.*)$/\1;\2;-/' | \
>> >(IFS=";" read drive path garbage; \
>> >echo "$(cygpath -au "$drive")$path" )
>> >
>> >Output, e.g: /cygdrive/w/cygwin/bin
>> 
>> Referrring to the cygwin /bin directory as /cygdrive/w/cygwin/bin serves
>> no purpose.
>> 
>> To the OP - just use whatever cygpath options make sense.  It's not that
>> hard and it certainly doesn't require anything like the gobbledegook
>> above.
>> 
>> Or, if you just are just curious about what /bin translates to, use mount.
>
>I have to take exception to this post of cgf's.  I mean, Really! How
>can you use that kind of language to people?  It's gobbledegoop, not
>gobbledegook.
>
>*pause*
>
>*consult dictionary*
>
>Oops, sorry; -gook seems to be canonical.  Not the way I learned it
>though! But it is gobbledygook with a Y!

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gobbledegook

gobbledegook is acceptable.  I did look it up before I sent the email.

cgf

RE: Where is cygwin bin directory?

[Dave Korn]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 08:14:20AM -0800, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 04:03:58PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:

>>> 
>>> To the OP - just use whatever cygpath options make sense.  It's not that
>>> hard and it certainly doesn't require anything like the gobbledegook
>>> above. 
>>> 
>>> Or, if you just are just curious about what /bin translates to, use
>>> mount. 
>> 
>> I have to take exception to this post of cgf's.  I mean, Really! How
>> can you use that kind of language to people?  It's gobbledegoop, not
>> gobbledegook. 
>> 
>> *pause*
>> 
>> *consult dictionary*
>> 
>> Oops, sorry; -gook seems to be canonical.  Not the way I learned it
>> though! But it is gobbledygook with a Y!
> 
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gobbledegook
> 
> gobbledegook is acceptable.  I did look it up before I sent the email.
> 
> cgf


  But of course it is, since it derives from the medieval french phrase,
"gobblez de gouache",  which of course means to eat one's poster-paints.

  Not a lot of people know that.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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