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Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:54:20 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: Cygwin Users <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: mkdir -p //d/lala/lolo does not work ?
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In-Reply-To: <87snhkpbdl.fsf@inrialpes.fr>; from Olivier.Fambon@inrialpes.fr on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 03:39:50PM +0200

On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 03:39:50PM +0200, Olivier Fambon wrote:
> Earnie Boyd [Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:20:58 -0400] wrote:
> >
> > Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 05:36:57PM +0200, Olivier Fambon wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > is it just me, or mkdir -p is broken ?
> > > >
> > > > Is the // notation still supported ?
> > > 
> > > It's deprecated, it's recommended not to use it anymore and it will
> > > be dropped once and for all in the next Cygwin version.
> > > 
> > 
> > So instead do
> >   mkdir -p d:/lala/lolo
> > or
> >   mkdir -p /cygdrive/d/lala/lolo
> > 
> 
> Ok. Thanxs.
> 
> Which one is the official [i.e the one that is likely to be supported] ?

There's no official support.

However, use whatever you want. You can even change your /cygdrive
prefix:

	mount --change-cygdrive-prefix /foo
	mkdir -p /foo/d/lala/lolo

or

	mount --change-cygdrive-prefix /
	mkdir -p /d/lala/lolo

or add a specific mount point

	mount D: /bar
	mkdir /bar/lala/lolo

Just dont use //d/lala/lolo except `d' is the name of a SMB server.

Corinna

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