X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AF4AB61.5040704@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:04:01 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7] Can you have multipe cygdrive path prefixes active at once References: <26227605.post@talk.nabble.com> <26227607.post@talk.nabble.com> <4AF3C9FE.806@bopp.net> <26230853.post@talk.nabble.com> <4AF495B0.7090607@bopp.net> <786EBDA1AC46254B813E200779E7AD36617A63@srv1163ex1.flightsafety.com> <4AF4A495.3060108@bopp.net> In-Reply-To: <4AF4A495.3060108@bopp.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 11/06/2009 05:35 PM, Jeremy Bopp wrote: > Thrall, Bryan wrote: >> Jeremy Bopp wrote on Friday, November 06, 2009 3:31 PM: >>> Well, it's a bit of a hack, but you could try something like the >> following: >>> $ dirname $(cygpath -u C:/) >>> >>> This assumes that there is always a C: drive and converts the path to >>> the root of that drive into a POSIX path which will include the >> cygdrive >>> prefix. Then dirname is used to effectively chop off the drive letter >>> leaving you with the cygdrive prefix. >> >> Actually: >> >> $ ls /cygdrive >> c e f h j p t z >> $ cygpath -u x:/ >> /cygdrive/x >> >> Seems like you aren't assuming the drive exists :) > > That's pretty sweet, but that feature seems to be fairly fortuitous > rather than by design. Maybe someone could speak on this point with > more authority. If you need to know what the cygdrive prefix is, you're much better off asking 'mount' directly. I know it's a little more parsing but getting it directly rather than trying back doors is far more reliable. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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