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Subject:	Re: Programatically finding value of "cygdrive" prefix
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From:	Fred Kulack <kulack AT us DOT ibm DOT com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Aug 2005 09:22:13 -0500
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On 08/16/2005 at 08:25:18 AM, cygwin-owner wrote:
mount -m | grep -- --change-cygdrive-prefix | \
  xargs bash -c 'while [ $# != 1 ]; do shift; done; echo "$@"' --
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Why the complexity? Is there something wrong with this? 

> regtool get "/HKCU/Software/Cygnus Solutions/Cygwin/mounts v2/cygdrive 
prefix"
/



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