From: Henri <houder@xs4all.nl>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Base-files-mketc.sh error for non-existing C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drivers\etc
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:35:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20160120T215934-785@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fuxsjd5x.fsf@Rainer.invalid>
Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de> writes:
> > Please read:
> >
> > https://msdn.microsoft.com/\
> > en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384187%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
> >
> > ... an attempt by Microsoft to explain the mess ...
> >
> > Better Google: SysNative etc
>
> I think my proposal above works on all systems without any of the
> SysNative nonsense, I just still don't know if Microsoft in their
> infinite wisdom have yet another place where they might look for those
> files.
Yes, your proposal will work ... BECAUSE in that specific case, redirection
will be switched OFF (hey, study the URL that I posted).
However, if one looks for the etc directory below the drivers directory, it
will be in vain (because now redirection is switched on).
(of course, the above applies to 32-bits Cygwin)
@@ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW Seven 2.3.1(0.291/5/3) 2015-11-14 12:42 i686 Cygwin
# redirection switched off
@@ ls -ld $(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers/etc
drwxrwx---+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Sep 7 2014
/drv/c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc
# redirection switched ON (System32 => SysWOW64)
@@ ls -l $(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers | grep etc
# use of SysNative to circumvent the "redirection nonsense" ...
@@ ls -l $(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/SysNative/drivers | grep etc
drwxrwx---+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Sep 7 2014 etc
Regards,
Henri
Btw, Microsoft thinks the "SysNative nonsense" a necessity; it even patched
XP in order to introduce that nonsense ...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-20 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-20 8:02 David Lee
2016-01-20 11:47 ` Achim Gratz
2016-01-20 13:08 ` Henri
2016-01-20 14:17 ` Henri
2016-01-20 21:45 ` Achim Gratz
2016-01-20 23:35 ` Henri [this message]
2016-01-21 19:56 ` Achim Gratz
2016-01-22 7:35 ` David Lee
2016-01-22 14:33 ` Achim Gratz
2016-01-22 16:02 ` Andrey Repin
2016-01-22 21:07 ` cyg Simple
2016-01-27 9:46 ` David Lee
2016-01-27 16:08 ` Achim Gratz
2016-01-28 6:35 ` David Lee
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