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On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 07:11:54AM -0800, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- Eric Christopher <echristo AT cygnus DOT com> wrote: >> Okay. Here's a new one. >> >> I've got a directory structure / like this: >> >> bin contrib etc home <few other things> >> >> I decide to mount contrib to where it actually is: >> >> 'mount g:\cygwin\contrib /contrib' >> > >Umm... You're executing the command from bash. The \ is used for character >quoting so you end up with g:cygwincontrib as the source directory. Just check >the registry entry. From bash you could use `mount g:/cygwin/contrib /contrib' >instead. Hey! Good catch, Earnie! I completely missed that. >> (this didn't acutally do anything) >> > >It won't actually change anything when you get it correct either since >g:\cygwin is mounted as /. It might even cause Cygwin to be slower since it >adds to the hashing levels. Actually, it might be a little faster depending on the size of the mount table since the table is not hashed. It is sorted in reverse length order so '/' is always matched last. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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