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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 12:28:30 -0400
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: Deprecating Automount (was Re: Why not mount / at C: ?)
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In-Reply-To: <20000824160207.1886.qmail@web124.yahoomail.com>; from earnie_boyd@yahoo.com on Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 09:02:07AM -0700

On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 09:02:07AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>> 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.

So would I.  So we fix that.  We don't eliminate the /cygdrive feature.

"Patches blah blah blah..."

cgf

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