Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <0fa001c14549$65cdf490$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> From: "Robert Collins" To: "Corinna Vinschen" References: <20010924150136.V17037@cygbert.vinschen.de> <20010924224135.C16412@cygbert.vinschen.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ls & "magic" cygdrive dir (was: RE: cygdrive stuff) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:36:47 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Sep 2001 22:44:41.0311 (UTC) FILETIME=[7F8FC6F0:01C1454A] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corinna Vinschen" > > > In the case of both /cygdrive and /registry, I simply wouldn't allow the > > existance of real files - though Win32 will mess that up, ofcourse. > > Yep, that's it. You can't prevent it. The question is just if > the fhandler has to list it or not. Yup, up to the fhandler, just like in linux (mount over a dir with curent content, it's contents are not visible while the mount is present). An individual can write a fs driver that merges the existing dir in, IF they want to. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/