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Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 15:21:21 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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In-reply-to: <20000503150940.D7785@cygnus.com> (message from Chris Faylor on
	Wed, 3 May 2000 15:09:40 -0400)
Subject: Re: /cygdrive/windows ?
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> That's fine.  If they change the /cygdrive parameter then
> /cygdrive/boot/windrive (or whatever) follows along with it.  That was

Then you can't have a tar file that extracts to the windows directory,
and you might as well go with $WINDIR.