Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/04/18/15:56:08
Doug,
Mounting creates a record internal to Cygwin. In a classic Unix file
system where the direct closes counterpart to the Cygwin mount
originated, the directory onto which a file system device or partition
was to be mounted had to exist.
So the answer is, just mkdir the mount-point directory (as you'd have
to in Unix). When the mount is not in effect, you'll see what's in the
mount-point directory. When the mount is in effect, you'll see the
contents of the mounted directory instead.
The same goes to get completion to work.
Randall Schulz
At 12:45 2003-04-18, Doug Jenkinson wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm relatively new here, but I have a question about mount.
>
>I would like to mount a directory into my home directory. So, I use
>the command "mount -f -u /cygdrive/d/download $HOME/download" assuming,
>of course, that D:\Download exists. Now, if I execute "ls ~", why
>don't I see the download directory? Why can I see mounted directories
>in the /cygdrive?
>
>Am I asking for the impossible or is there another way?
>
>Doug Jenkinson
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