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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 13:18:51 -0700
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From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz@cris.com>
Subject: Re: mount & ls
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At 13:02 2003-04-18, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 18, 2003 at 12:56:20PM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > [ incorrect answers to a question not asked. ]
>
>Randall, I think you missed a key problem here.  The "path on the left"
>in mount is a DOS path, not a cygwin path.  So the command should be:
>
>bash$ mount d:/download $HOME/download
>
>assuming HOME is set to something sensical.
>
>cgf


Chris,

Yes, as I assumed without looking closely that the usage was correct.

I really need to answer more of these on a regular basis (or even 
better, try my own suggestions first). Life has been a distraction of late.

Sorry for the non-answer.

Randall Schulz


> >At 12:45 2003-04-18, Doug Jenkinson wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>I'm relatively new here, but I have a question about mount.
> >>
> >>I would like to mount a directory into my home directory.  So, I use
> >>the command "mount -f -u /cygdrive/d/download $HOME/download" assuming,
> >>of course, that D:\Download exists.  Now, if I execute "ls ~", why
> >>don't I see the download directory?  Why can I see mounted directories
> >>in the /cygdrive?
> >>
> >>Am I asking for the impossible or is there another way?


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