X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <182640b4a6730dafadd266e0cfc9d9bf@mail.smartmobili.com> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:06:45 +0100 Message-ID: <416096c60909161406tbfd73ey7a5b9510e7f97762@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: cygdrive prefix From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 2009/9/16 Thorsten Kampe > you shouldn't install Cygwin > directly to C:\ (but to C:\cygwin): so you don't have the Cygwin and the > Windows root folder structure mixed. And where exactly is the harm in that? Apple certainly don't see a problem with it, with the likes of /Applications and /Users living happily alongside /bin and /var. Actually it makes for a much more integrated Cygwin user experience not to have to mentally switch between different roots and add those \cygwin and /cygdrive (or whatever) prefixes when accessing stuff from the other side of the fence. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple