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Date: | Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:28:19 +0100 |
From: | Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Accessing GLOBALROOT paths - a potential compromise??? |
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On Nov 5 13:41, aputerguy wrote: > > Corinna Vinschen writes: > > > In Cygwin 1.7 you can do this for any subdir in your volume shadow copy: > > > > $ ls -l //?/GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1/subdir > > > > It just doesn't work for the root directory of a drive due to internal > > path handling restrictions. But there's a simple workaround. Use your > > own tool as below. > > > > The only hack that I have found to get around this is to use an *old*, > > *unsupported* Microsoft routine called 'dosdev' which allows you to > > assign drive letters to devices, including using the GLOBALROOT > > format. > > > >Try this: > > > > $ cat > DefDosDevice.c << EOF > > Cool.... > Two follow-up questions: > 1. Any idea how this differs from dosdev.exe? Is it faster/slower? More/less > robust? More/less portable? No idea. It works, right? > 2. Should this short routine be added somewhere in the cygwin distribution? > It seems incredibly useful and simple. It's especially incredible trivial. There's also nothing Cygwin-specific in it. Just build it for yourself if you need it. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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