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Date: | Wed, 3 May 2000 13:00:36 -0700 (PDT) |
From: | Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: /cygdrive/windows ? |
To: | cygwin developers <cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com> |
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--- DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote: > > > As far as /boot is concerned, I like the name, but I hate polluting the > > namespace. We've already abrogated /cygdrive, so I was thinking that > > we should stick with that even though it doesn't make sense to refer > > to the windows directory as a "drive". > > Except that the user can change "cygdrive" also. The only hard-coded > path we use is "/dev/" so maybe you want "/dev/boot/windir" ? > Percisely why I suggest /boot and an internal mapping, it can't be changed easily. I thought about /dev/boot and just chose to shorten the name, so it would be good also. Regards, ===== --- Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com> __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: <http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html> __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: <http://www.egroups.com/group/mingw32/> Mingw Home: <http://www.mingw.org/> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
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