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Re: New snapshot with significant new functionality




Robert Collins wrote:


> Two things: if /proc/registry isn't writable, cating 1 to
> /proc/registry/.writeable won't work - without special case code. I'd
> suggest /proc/sysopts/fs/registry/writeable.
> 
> Two, why not have two options:
> writeable
> nextwrite
> 
> one is persistent (until all cygwin processes end). The other is for a
> single transaction.


Because I don't want to make it easy.  Besides, if you really want 
"persistence", here's how to shoot yourself in the foot (or head):

-------
#!/bin/sh
echo '1' > /proc/sysopts/fs/registry/writeable
$*

-------


--Chuck



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