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Date: | Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:01 -0500 |
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Subject: | Re: 1.7] Can you have multipe cygdrive path prefixes active at once |
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On 11/06/2009 05:35 PM, Jeremy Bopp wrote: > Thrall, Bryan wrote: >> Jeremy Bopp wrote on Friday, November 06, 2009 3:31 PM: >>> Well, it's a bit of a hack, but you could try something like the >> following: >>> $ dirname $(cygpath -u C:/) >>> >>> This assumes that there is always a C: drive and converts the path to >>> the root of that drive into a POSIX path which will include the >> cygdrive >>> prefix. Then dirname is used to effectively chop off the drive letter >>> leaving you with the cygdrive prefix. >> >> Actually: >> >> $ ls /cygdrive >> c e f h j p t z >> $ cygpath -u x:/ >> /cygdrive/x >> >> Seems like you aren't assuming the drive exists :) > > That's pretty sweet, but that feature seems to be fairly fortuitous > rather than by design. Maybe someone could speak on this point with > more authority. If you need to know what the cygdrive prefix is, you're much better off asking 'mount' directly. I know it's a little more parsing but getting it directly rather than trying back doors is far more reliable. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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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