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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 09:02:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Deprecating Automount (was Re: Why not mount / at C: ?)
To: Jason Tishler <Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com>
Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- Jason Tishler <Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 07:58:04AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > Here's a scenario for you to try, `cd /cygdrive/c && cd ..'.
> 
> The above is easily corrected -- just execute the following once:
> 
>     mkdir /cygdrive
> 
> BTW, I create mount point directories for all of my mount points
> (including the cygdrive prefix), because it makes bash's tab
> completion feature work consistently regardless of whether the name
> begins with a mount point, symlink, etc.
> 

That's confusing too.  I would expect to see the subdirectories of /cygdrive
and therefore a list of disk devices by letter.  I prefer mounting the device
and not needing the /cygdrive prefix at all.

Cheers,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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