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Date:	Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:46:53 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: mount of route directory,injustice
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In-Reply-To:	<20010111082635.T4141@cobold.vinschen.de>; from cygwin@cygwin.com on Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 08:26:35AM +0100

On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 08:26:35AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 10:14:10AM +0900, Yasuo Hosotani wrote:
>> thanks.
>> I avoided a trouble in the method, too.
>> 
>> Is mount to the route directory added 
>> except that the mount command is used?
>
>I just realized that you're talking about the root directory.
>I'm having a long line to the brain today.
>
>For your information: If the first application loads cygwin1.dll
>it checks for the existence of a root directory in the registry.
>If it doesn't find one, it adds it as C: == / into HKCU.

Actually, cygwin shouldn't do this anymore.  I believe that Kazuhiro
Fujieda modified cygwin to avoid doing this since a while ago.

It did do this in the Cygwin 1.0 days, though, so you're right that
this may be what happened here.

cgf

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