X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <10845a340607110140t66bad429gbc8d750eddf4f7fe@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:40:57 +0100 From: "Richard Quadling" Reply-To: RQuadling@googlemail.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: directories via. cygwin/windows In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Windows creates what are basically virtual directories. The contents of the many of the directories you see in windows explorer are the results of some code creating a list internally, maybe from a mini DB or from the registry. Not all is at is seems. On 11/07/06, Jim Easton wrote: > Dear All, > > Could someone please explain to me what is going on or direct me > to documentation that would explain it or perhaps to a more > appropriate list. > > If I cd to: > /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/jim/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files > ls shows: > Content.IE5 Content.MSO desktop.ini > > Whereas if I go to the same directory via. windows it show hundreds of > files, not including "Content.IE5", but most of which (not all) can be found > somewhere in the directory "Content.IE5" via. cygwin. > > Furthermore a file created, via. cygwin, in "Temporary Internet Files" > or any of it's subdirectories it does not show up in the window's list. > > However a file created in his neighbour viz. > /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/jim/Local Settings/Temp > does show up in the window's list of Temp. > > Being a long time unix user I tentatively conclude that the windows > rendering of "Temporary Internet Files" is not actually the same as > the one accessed via. cygwin, even though their paths appear to be > the same. So I wonder if cygwin can access the actual windows > directory. > > Also where does "windows explorer" store it's "suggested URLS" > in the address bar. ie. the possible matching urls it puts up > when you are typing in a url. I sure can't find it. > > Thanks for any light. > > Jim > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/