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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:17:41 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: simple newbie init question
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On Jan 22 11:07, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> For the records:
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The /etc/services symlink is just a convenience for the user.  If you
> create a file in /etc instead, it won't be used by the OS.  Never.
> 
> Cygwin is using Winsock.  Winsock uses the services file in
> ${SYSTEMROOT}/system32/drivers/etc on NT systems and in ${windir}
> on 9x systems.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Can we have a FAQ entry for that, btw.?

Corinna

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