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Subject:	Re: Tar Problems Under Cygwin
Date:	Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:16:31 -0400
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Anthony Massa wrote:

> Is /cygdrive/f/ (or whatever drive letter) a standard when Cygwin is
> installed?

It's the default behavior when Cygwin is installed.

There is also an option on tar to tell it not to
interpret x:/some/path as a reference to a remote machine
named "x".  It's --force-local.

Joe Buehler




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