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Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:08:03 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Is cygwin_ROOT still there?
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On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 11:50:32AM -0600, L. D. Marks wrote:
>I'm trying to put togethor a windows version of a (unix) GNU-type
>package.  I've run into a problem that the DOS CYGWIN_ROOT parameter
>does not seem to want to work at least on an XP machine -- no matter
>what I do it seems to be set to /cygwin (or a different location if
>that is how setup was run).

To the best of my knowledge, cygwin has never honored a CYGWIN_ROOT
environment variable.  If it did, it predates both my time on the
project and the CVS repository.  It certainly isn't treated specially
now.

In any event, use the mount table, i.e., "man mount".
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