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From: lhall AT rfk DOT com (Larry Hall)
Subject: Re: mount points don't show up?
24 Jul 1997 07:29:17 -0700 :
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If I understand what you want correctly, do what I do.  Make a directory
(like /bin) and and your mount point to it.  You can then access it as a 
mount point but see it in listings (ls).  This is pretty much the same as
mounting on UNIX boxes, with the exception that on UNIX you MUST have created
a directory to mount to first....

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At 12:39 AM 7/24/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Is there a reason that mount points don't show up in the directory
>structure? I mounted my drives (a:,c:,e:,f:) under /mnt, and I can't see
>them. Is it possible to specify that they show up, or should I just pretend
>I can see them. If it is not possible to get them to show up, could this be
>considered for a feature in the next release? Perhaps the directory reading
>commands could be rewritten inside the cygwin32.dll so that it shows mount
>points? 
>
>Anyways, I was just wondering about all this. I would like to be able to
>mount the cygnus bin directory as /bin, but I don't want to right now,
>since I won't be able to see it if I do. Right now, I have to use a
>symbolic link. . .
>
>				Thanks in advance for any help,
>				Robert Seeger
>
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