From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>
To: "Fergus" <fergus@bonhard.uklinux.net>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Creation of weird WINDOWS-related (sub)directories
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:35:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <398438525.20180925182527@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000301d454e2$c5102a20$4f307e60$@bonhard.uklinux.net>
Greetings, Fergus!
>>> Just noticed: strange directory %SystemDrive% created at root of Cygwin
>>> installation:
>>> As in:
>>> /consoleX/%SystemDrive%
>> I doubt it is due to a cygwin program.
>> "consoleX" does not appear in the package search
>> https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi
> Unintentionally I have confounded the discussion. The directory named
> "consoleX" is my home-grown Cygwin root directory.
> (Others' preferred locationname might be "cygwin" or "mycygwin" or
> whatever.)
> The directory %SystemDrive% occurs at the root of the Cygwin filesystem.
> I cannot work out what activity has triggered it .. ..
Any script that did not resolve environments correctly, or mangled Windows and
Cygwin environment into a mess.
%SystemDrive% is supposed to point to the drive of your Windows installation
(f.e. "C:").
P.S.
It would be very much appreciated, if you do not break threading.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 18:22:08
Sorry for my terrible english...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-25 15:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-09-25 15:16 Fergus
2018-09-25 15:33 ` Marco Atzeri
2018-09-25 15:35 ` Andrey Repin [this message]
2018-09-25 16:53 ` Hans-Bernhard Bröker
2018-09-28 5:55 ` L A Walsh
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2018-09-25 14:05 Fergus
2018-09-25 14:43 ` Marco Atzeri
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