DOCUMENT:Q246314  24-OCT-2000  [winnt]
TITLE   :Configure Scripts and Porting: Configuration Scripts in Interix
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT
PROD/VER::2.2.1,2.2.2,2.2.3,2.2.4
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbtool

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Interix versions 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4 
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This article explains configuration scripts in Interix.

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The following is a list of configuration script properties:

 - Interix does not have a single root file system. The file system on Interix
   exists on multiple drives, each of which has its own root.

 - Interix does not have a standard file hierarchy. The predefined file
   hierarchy is offset from the root of a drive by some directory sub tree. The
   value of this offset is available in the Interix environment from the value
   of the shell variable Interix_ROOT or with the "getconf CS_INSTALLEDDIR"
   (without the quotation marks) command. As a side effect, the pathname
   "/bin/sh" (without the quotation marks) does not find the sh interpreter
   unless the Interix_ROOT is the root of the current drive.

 - The structure of Interix header files is unique.

 - The traditional cc interface prints output only when an error occurs. The
   Microsoft C compiler and the Interix cc driver writes the name of every file
   compiled to standard output. This is fixed in the most recent version of cc
   for Interix.

 - Not all of the system calls have entry points in libc.a. Many calls have
   entry points in the dynamic library psxdll.a which is loaded for all Interix
   processes.

For additional information about configuring scripts with Interix, see the
following Interix Web site:

   http://www.interix.com/NewInterix/technotes/note0007.html

Additional query words: 2.2.10 2.2.20 2.2.30 2.2.40

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Keywords          : kbtool 
Technology        : kbInterixSearch kbUNIXSearch kbInterix221 kbInterix222 kbInterix223 kbInterix224
Version           : :2.2.1,2.2.2,2.2.3,2.2.4
Issue type        : kbinfo

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