X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: X-Sender: karlm30@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: From: "Karl M" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Mount command warning with latest cygwin1.dll snapshot Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:25:57 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Hi All... >From: Matthew Woehlke >Subject: Re: Mount command warning with latest cygwin1.dll snapshot >Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:42:14 -0600 > >Karl M wrote: >>I just tried out the latest snapshot and my bat file to clean up my mounts >>now gives warning messages. The current released version of cygwin1.dll >>does not produce the warnings. >> >>Z:\>C:\Cygwin\bin\mount -f -s -b C:/Cygwin / >>cygwin warning: >> MS-DOS style path detected: Z:\ >> Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /z >> CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this >>warning. >> Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: >> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > >This looks like something is going wrong when running Cygwin programs >('mount', at least) from a DOS prompt. Does this produce any output? > >Z:\> C:\Cygwin\bin\env | C:\Cygwin\bin\grep Z: Yes. It shows my HOMEDRIVE environment variable. > >What happens if you run the file from a different directory? Does the >warning always reflect the current directory? > Try a smaller and simple test. Type "mount -m" and look at the output. $ mount -m mount -f -s -b "C:/Cygwin/bin" "/usr/bin" mount -f -s -b "C:/Cygwin/lib" "/usr/lib" mount -f -s -b "C:/Cygwin" "/" mount -s -t --change-cygdrive-prefix "/" The above is my output from "mount -m". Now type the mount command for the Cygwin root, in my case mount -f -s -b "C:/Cygwin" "/" and see what you get. I get $ mount -f -s -b "C:/Cygwin" "/" cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path detected: C:\Cygwin Preferred POSIX equivalent is: / CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning. Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames Reverting to the released cygwin1.dll eliminates the warning. Thanks, ...Karl _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us -- 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/