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Date:	Fri, 10 May 2002 10:37:23 -0400
To:	David T-G <davidtg-cygwin AT justpickone DOT org>,
	"CygWin Users' List" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From:	"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject:	Re: /cygdrive/c ==> //c
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At 10:17 AM 5/10/2002, David T-G wrote:
>Hi, all --
>
>I enjoyed being able to cd to //<driveletter>/<path> and was somewhat
>disappointed when that changed to /cygdrive/<driveletter>/<path> and
>still haven't gotten quite used to it.  I was quite happy to find the
>registry key that sets the cygdrive prefix but can't seem to put it back
>to // (I can now change to /c/tmp or /d/data).  Is there any way to get
>back the double-slash behavior?
>
>
>TIA & HAND


No.  Your best bet is to stick with the /<driveletter>/<path> alternative,
if you don't like the "cygdrive" (or some other prefix).  "//" is generally
a bad choice for Windows anyway since that's the key to indicate network
paths via UNC.  A mistyped local drive access using the "//" notation can
cause lengthy delays... and frequent posts to this list complaining about 
performance! ;-)

There's no reason to be mucking around the registry either to make any of 
these kinds of changes.  That's why the mount command exists.



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