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jean-luc malet wrote:
> there is obviously a kind of vfs.... else /cygdrive/C or / wouldn't
> exist. /dev/null neither.... as long as the fs shown to the
> application isn't the same as the one of the native OS there is a
> vfs...


  Ah, fhandlers:

http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/winsup/cygwin/how-fhandlers-work.txt?cvsroot=src

    cheers,
      DaveK



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