Hello, Simon. It is intended that you can have different MSYS2 installations in different folders and that when you install an MSYS2 package, it will only modify the files in the corresponding MSYS2 folder. You can access the rest of your machine using special directories like "/c" and "/e", and you can often access them using native Windows paths too. Also note that your home directory might be in "/c/Users". You can run "cd && pwd" to see where it is. Bash will look for its configuration files (like .bash_profile) in your home directory. MSYS2 packages are generally compiled using code paths that do not access the Windows registry, and instead use configuration files like a Unix program would. However, note that individual packages might not follow these rules if we haven't checked their code carefully enough.
--David On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 10:29 AM, Simon Eigeldinger <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am a new msys2 user coming over from cygwin. > I have just a short question. > I have a ssd in my 64 bit win 10 machine and a big normal hd. > i have installed msys2 64 bit to the normal hd. > so msys2 i guess is like cygwin leaving alone my c drive? > so it just touches its dir (e:\msys64) and nothing else? > > greetings, > simon > > > --- > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance > APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month > Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now > Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Msys2-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Msys2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/msys2-users
