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diff --git a/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml b/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml index 6249bdfe9..9fabf97bd 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml @@ -191,51 +191,6 @@ </sect2> -<sect2 id="use-cygserver"><title>How to use the Cygserver services</title> - -<para> - The Cygserver services are used by Cygwin applications only if you - set the environment variable CYGWIN to contain the string "server". - You must do this before starting the application. -</para> -<para> - Typically, you don't need any other option, so it's ok to set CYGWIN - just to "server". It is not necessary to set the CYGWIN environment - variable prior to starting the Cygserver process itself, but it won't - hurt to do so. -</para> -<para> - The easiest way is to set the environment variable CYGWIN to the values - you want in the Windows system environment and to reboot the machine. - This is advisable, since it allows you to set the variable once and - then forget about it. It also ensures that services as well as desktop - applications have the same setting. -</para> -<para> - If you don't want that for whatever reason, you can set the - variable in the /cygwin.bat file which is used in the net distribution, - to start a Cygwin bash from the desktop. In that file, you can set - the CYGWIN variable using Windows command line interpreter syntax, e. g.: -</para> -<para> - <screen> - set CYGWIN=server - </screen> -</para> -<para> - If you don't set CYGWIN in the system environment, but you're running - other Cygwin services, these services need to get that CYGWIN value by - setting the environment using the appropriate cygrunsrv option '-e' when - installing the service. Example installing a service 'foo': -</para> -<para> - <screen> - cygrunsrv -I foo -p /usr/sbin/foo -e "CYGWIN=server" - </screen> -</para> - -</sect2> - <sect2 id="cygserver-config"><title>The Cygserver configuration file</title> <para> |