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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:41:14 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: does not work : change /cygdrive to / (Attn: documentation patch)
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On Apr 19 23:25, Brian Dessent wrote:
> I have attached a patch to the documentation that clarifies these two
> locations.  I ask that those that know more about Cygwin than I review
> the change to make sure I didn't say anything misleading.
> 
> Brian
> 
> [1] http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
> 
> "The mapping is stored in the current user's Cygwin mount table in the
> Windows registry so that the information will be retrieved next time the
> user logs in. Because it is sometimes desirable to have system-wide as
> well as user-specific mounts, there is also a system-wide mount table
> that all Cygwin users inherit. "
> 
> [2] http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount
> 
> "Note that if you set a new prefix in this manner, you can specify the
> -s flag to make this the system-wide default prefix. By default, the
> cygdrive-prefix applies only to the system-wide setting. You can always
> see the user and system cygdrive prefixes with the -p option. "

Looks good to me.  However, please send patches to cygwin-patches and
add a ChangeLog entry.


Thanks,
Corinna

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