On Windows Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com) is required with at least
devel/gcc4 and devel/make installed in order to build fio, and
admin/cygrunsrv to run it. You can also install devel/git to fetch/update
-the source files. To create an MSI installer package, install WiX 3.6 from
-http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/ and run dobuild.cmd from the
-os/windows directory.
+the source files. To create an MSI installer package put a copy of Cygwin
+in os\windows\fio, install WiX 3.6 from http://wix.sourceforge.net/releases/
+and run dobuild.cmd from the os/windows directory.
Before running fio you'll need to have a copy of cygserver running. Run
"/usr/bin/cygserver-config" from an elevated Cygwin shell (i.e. launch the
--- /dev/null
+@echo off\r
+\r
+C:\r
+IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%" set ROOTDIR=%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\FIO\r
+IF NOT EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%" set ROOTDIR=%PROGRAMFILES%\FIO\r
+chdir "%ROOTDIR%\bin"\r
+\r
+bash -c "echo \"Run FIO by typing 'fio'\" && echo \"This is a virtual filesystem: the root directory is $ROOTDIR\" && echo \"In this environment the path separator is '/' not '\\'\" && echo \"The C: drive is available under /cygdrive/c\" && echo \"Examples are in /examples ($ROOTDIR\\examples)\" && echo \"Type 'cd' to change directory and 'dir' (or 'ls') to see directory contents\" && echo \"QuickEdit mode is enabled: copy text by highlighting it and right-clicking\" && echo \"To exit, close the window\" && /usr/sbin/cygserver & 2> /dev/null"\r
+bash --login -i
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