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Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 1999 04:57:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject:	cygdrive confusing (was Re: new cygwin.dll (was Re: Make problems))
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--- Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
> I'm not sure why you think this should be empty.  The value of "cygdrive
> prefix" is used for drives which do not have corresponding mount table
> entries.  That means if you want to access the foo directory on your q:
> drive you use:
> 
> 	/cygdrive/q/foo
> 

I see much confusion about this getting ready to happen.  Would it be wise to
change "cygdrive" to "unmounted" which gives a description of what it's about?
===
YAWIA,
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>

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