X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: Subject: RE: /cygdrive can't see share z: Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:07:42 +0100 Message-ID: <022201c780e9$00241b10$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 On 17 April 2007 12:52, John Daniel Doucette wrote: > Daniel, > > I have a similar problem under WinXP. Almost always, mapped network > drives are invisible under /cygdrive. Ie. after booting if J: is a > mapped drive "ls /cygdrive/j" gives "ls: /cygdrive/j: No such file or > directory". However it ALWAYS becomes visible if you open explorer > and click on the drive! Ie. > > Reboot, then ... > > $ ls /cygdrive/j > ls: /cygdrive/j: No such file or directory > > ... open windows explorer and click on J drive, then... > > $ ls /cygdrive/j > dir1 dir2 dir3 file1 file2 > > I haven't found any other solution yet. When you create the network drive, tick "Reconnect at logon". Alternatively, run the "net use J:" command in a cmd.exe shell, or from cygwin shell run "cmd /c net use J:", to get it to mount on demand. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/