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Subject: | Re: reading directory .: No such file or directory |
Date: | Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:34:03 -0500 |
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Lee Maschmeyer wrote: > I've never had ls say it can't read ., but I do remember having path > completion problems. I think that's why I use symbolic links instead of > mount for drives; something like: > > cd / > ln -s /cygdrive/c > > etc. Then I just cd /c and seldom have to use /cygdrive at all. I'm sure > somebody will explain why this is a bad idea, which is one reason I'm > responding here. But it does seem to muddle through... First reason it's a bad (or at least, dumb) idea: 'mount -c /' :-) As for the OP's problem, I think I saw someone else mention the exact same problem recently. Try searching the archives. -- Matthew Download. Untar. Configure. Make. Install. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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