From: kunglao@prairienet.org (Seymore Buttz) Subject: Re: Win95b and long filenames of the /usr mount 3 Jun 1997 20:28:04 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <3394823F.C9B4FC01.cygnus.gnu-win32@prairienet.org> References: <199706021945.MAA03450@ultra.Franz.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b5 [en] (Win95; I) Original-To: Kevin Layer Original-CC: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Kevin Layer wrote: > > I don't know if this has been reported yet, but the OSR2 release of > Windows 95 (aka "Windows 95b") doesn't have a DOS that allows long > filenames. This means that until Windows starts you can't put > ...\H-i386-cygwin32\bin in your PATH. This also means you have a > classic chicken and egg problem: if you do it after Windows starts, > then all processes started by the explorer won't inherit the new > PATH. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".