From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: Cc: , Subject: Re: Which command to bump when M$ is non-posixish Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:31:00 -0000 Message-id: <003e01be6db2$06c73f40$41cd78cf@hunda> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00420.html I have no idea! I have never gotten any conflicts betweeb the X.exe which have common names under Windows and Cygwin. At my end it happens only, if I intentionally include C:\WinNT in PATH in cygnus.bat or .bashrc. Of course everyone has his/her own requirements and preferences, therefore he/she must decide what is best for him/her. >There are a few places where X.exe exists both as a WinDos builtin and a >standard GNU command installed with Cygwin. > >Now, one of the commands can be renamed (or deleted ;-) or the path can be >set to choose one over the other (most of the time, for the Dos prompt). > >My requirement is that a WinDos machine with Cygwin installed function >first as a Windos platform PC then as a DOS machine and lastly as a Posix >machine. (When I feel the need for speed or whatever, I reboot to Linux...) > >Therefore I leave cygwin at the end and move the parts I need to >non-blocked names. > >Does anybody think that Cygwin should install itself at the front of the >Path environment variable? > > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" To: Cc: , Subject: Re: Which command to bump when M$ is non-posixish Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <003e01be6db2$06c73f40$41cd78cf@hunda> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00420.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.6FnkievXPoCJdHrewDlnq9tlJHfUNvV6JE1JcFvPawg@z> I have no idea! I have never gotten any conflicts betweeb the X.exe which have common names under Windows and Cygwin. At my end it happens only, if I intentionally include C:\WinNT in PATH in cygnus.bat or .bashrc. Of course everyone has his/her own requirements and preferences, therefore he/she must decide what is best for him/her. >There are a few places where X.exe exists both as a WinDos builtin and a >standard GNU command installed with Cygwin. > >Now, one of the commands can be renamed (or deleted ;-) or the path can be >set to choose one over the other (most of the time, for the Dos prompt). > >My requirement is that a WinDos machine with Cygwin installed function >first as a Windos platform PC then as a DOS machine and lastly as a Posix >machine. (When I feel the need for speed or whatever, I reboot to Linux...) > >Therefore I leave cygwin at the end and move the parts I need to >non-blocked names. > >Does anybody think that Cygwin should install itself at the front of the >Path environment variable? > > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com