7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

Now you have to make sure that the TWiki directories are edited in
binary mode. This is important, because otherwise additional characters
(especially at the ends of lines) could find their way into the files
during the version verification. First of all, create the required folders:
mkdir /twiki
mkdir /c
mkdir c:/apachefriends/xampp/htdocs/twiki
The last of the three directories indicated is the one in which the
TWiki will be installed. It must subsequently be accessible by the
web server; that is why we have created it right in the XAMPP
htdocs folder.
Tip: If you should use paths whose names have spaces (e.g. “My
Files,”) you will have to enter a DOS path here, since spaces cannot
be processed. To do this, enter the first six letters, a tilde and a consecutive
number starting at 1 to indicate the differentiation. In this
case, it would be myfile~1.
Now, connect these directories with their counterparts under Windows,
and set them to be accessible in so-called binary mode. Only
this mode enables smooth transfer of data between Cygwin and
Windows:
mount -b -s c:/apachefriends/xampp/ ↵
htdocs/twiki /twiki
mount -b -s c:/ /c
mount -b -c /cygdrive
The last line causes the newly connected drives to automatically be
in binary mode. To test whether this mode is active, switch to the directory
twiki, create a file and enter the following:
cd /twiki
echo hello world > test
cat -v test
The text hello world should now be displayed. If you find a ^M
or similar character at the end of the display, the switch to binary
mode was not successful. In that case, repeat the above steps. You
can delete the test file using
Creating
directories
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