access cygwin 1.1.4 from server

Mon Nov 27 11:55:00 GMT 2000

At 02:42 PM 11/27/2000, Kirschner, Paul E. UTRC wrote:
>I want to make cygwin 1.1.4 accessible from a number of computers without
>doing a local install on each one. This will save tremendous time and disk
>space. I just need to access some of the utilities (perl, rsh) and compilers
>(gcc, g77) from a DOS window. I DO NOT NEED the added layer of "logging
>into" a UNIX-like environment. (In fact my use will be through a Win95
>application that can start batch files and cannot log in.) While DJGPP works
>in a DOS window that way through djgpp.env, I need the cygwin compiler and
>other utilities. 
>>I tried just adding the proper paths in a DOS window but the compiler
>complains about C header files and crt0. 
>>Is there an easy way to set this up?
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>Paul Kirschner #include <disclaimer.std>
>Networks Department
>United Technologies Research Center
>kirschpe@utrc.utc.com
>(860)610-7119

You need to mount some directories:
 mount -b //remote/share/cygwin/dir/usr/bin /usr/bin
 mount -b //remote/share/cygwin/dir/usr/lib /usr/lib
 mount -b //remote/share/cygwin/dir /
Actually, just the last one should be sufficient but I believe setup.exe
mounts these three.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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