Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/05/11/13:08:02
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 12:30
> Subject: Re: Mount of VSS volumes (//?/GLOBALROOT/...) does not work
>
> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com
> >> [mail to cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall
> >> (Cygwin)
> >> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 11:53
> >> To: cygwin at cygwin.com
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> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> Or, better yet,
> just eliminate all these unneeded headers so there's no issue.
Sorry, I ignored the list addresses, I always try to remove peoples' addresses.
(any suggestions for outlok 2003?)
> >
> > Hmm, could I get a primmer on where to look to understand
> more. I.E.
> > which sources/functions.
>
>
<http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/cygwin/path.cc?rev=1.546&conten
t-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src>
Here is the question I am going with: If the path starts with \\?\ don't strip
the trailing slash, can this be cost effective or only cost more in that case?
So going through that so far, please correct me as needed, this is what I see:
In path_prefix_p we strip the trailing slash
Near the end on the path_conv::check we examine if it is s/^(.:)$/$1\\/
>
> >>>>> seems the ability to mount a shadow volume as a dos drive is
> >>>>> sufficient for this kind of problem, isn't it?
> >>>>>
> >>>> I agree.
> >>> The dosdev.exe is no longer downloadable from Microsoft.
> >> <http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/archive/2005/10/04/477164.aspx>
> >>
> >> Sounds like if one couldn't find the prebuilt tool somewhere that
> >> it's not that hard to write one.
> >
> > And maybe add it as a feature to mount....
>
> I'm not sure if the idea of adding functionality to 'mount'
> that creates junctions of DOS devices in the Windows world
> makes sense to me. This seems like Windows-world
> functionality, since all of Windows would see the result and
> be able to take advantage of it. I'm guessing that your idea
> is to make this usage as seamless and simple as possible in
> Cygwin, which I can understand.
Not only that, but it is more of the only things that are likely to interact
with it are cygwin processes, why leave cygwin to do it.
> But in my admittedly short
> time thinking about the idea, I'm personally hesitant to say
> this is obviously the right way to go. But I could be wrong
> and I don't think this should stop you or someone else from
> proposing specifics with a patch to 'mount' as it possible
> that I've missed a nice solution that addresses my concern.
>
Going to look into it.
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> A: Yes.
> > Q: Are you sure?
> >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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