Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/07/19/19:03:16
Thanks Igor. It appears that there is no way to access it from a cmd
prompt. There appear to be various Windows APIs to copy files to/from,
etc, but no direct filesystem access.
Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> writes:
> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Jason Dufair wrote:
>
>> Is it possible somehow to access the filesystem on the PocketPC that is
>> attached to my PC? By "access", I mean "cd to at a bash prompt". I
>> didn't find anything in the archives, and I dug around in /proc on a
>> whim, but came up empty-handed.
>
> Is there a way to cd to it from a cmd prompt? If so, use the same
> directory/drive at the bash prompt (with appropriate POSIXification, e.g.,
> use /cygdrive/e for e:). Otherwise, you're out of luck, as Cygwin doesn't
> actually provide filesystem drivers -- it uses whatever filesystems the
> underlying Windows can access.
> Igor
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