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Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:12:44 -0700
From: Ian Zimmerman <itz AT lbin DOT com>
Organization: Lightbinders, Inc.
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To: qztf7k AT powertrain DOT mpg DOT gm DOT com
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Subject: Re: mount point invisible looking from itself
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Hugo Gayosso <qztf7k AT powertrain DOT mpg DOT gm DOT com> wrote:
> 
> I am not sure, but it matters!!!, I had a similar trouble.
> 
> Just to be sure, try to do the mountings from DOS and then call bash.
> 
> Just be sure you do mount --reset several times until everything is clean from
> both: DOS and bash.
> 
> On 19-May-99 Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> > qztf7k AT powertrain DOT mpg DOT gm DOT com wrote:
> >>
> >> Maybe it is related to the way of the mounting.
> >>
> >> Did you mounted all of them from a DOS prompt? or from bash?
> >>
> >> I am not sure but I think you should mount them from DOS.
> >
> > I did it from bash.  Why in the world should it matter?
> >
> >>
> >> On 19-May-99 Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Here's what happens:
> >> >
> >> > amazon:~$ mount
> >> > Device           Directory           Type        Flags
> >> > L:Cstrans        /home/itz/cstrans    native      text!=binary
> >> > a:               /floppy             native      text!=binary
> >> > c:               /                   native      text!=binary
> >> > amazon:~$ ls /home/itz/cstrans/BOOKS/TP/.
> >> > EBT         I0012.SGM   I0065.SGM   I0099.SGM   I0179.SGM   I0235.SGM
> >> > I0277.SGM   TP.QRS
> >> > FIGTHMNL    I0031.SGM   I0073.SGM   I0114.SGM   I0184.SGM   I0244.SGM
> >> > I0282.SGM   TP.SGM
> >> > FIGURES     I0042.SGM   I0077.SGM   I0128.SGM   I0193.SGM   I0252.SGM
> >> > INDEX       parse.log
> >> > I0001.SGM   I0049.SGM   I0083.SGM   I0145.SGM   I0202.SGM   I0258.SGM
> >> > LN          tp.log
> >> > I0003.SGM   I0054.SGM   I0089.SGM   I0159.SGM   I0216.SGM   I0263.SGM
> >> > STYLES.ENT
> >> > I0004.SGM   I0058.SGM   I0097.SGM   I0174.SGM   I0225.SGM   I0271.SGM
> >> > TP.CTL
> >> > amazon:~$ cd cstrans/BOOKS/TP
> >> > amazon:~/cstrans/BOOKS/TP$ ls /home
> >> > itz
> >> > amazon:~/cstrans/BOOKS/TP$ ls /home/itz
> >> > analog_configuration.txt  diary                     rob.emacs
> >> > bash-doc-2.02.tar.gz      file-3.27                 swapfs.zip
> >> > cstrans                   mswindows-faq.texi        winfish.gif
> >> > amazon:~/cstrans/BOOKS/TP$ ls /home/itz/cstrans
> >> > ls: /home/itz/cstrans: No such file or directory
> >
 
Hugo was partially right.  Problem was the missing root backslash in the
mount entry (which was missing because bash interpreted it as an escape
char when I entered it, obviously).  Sorry for list noise.

-- 
Ian Zimmerman
Lightbinders, Inc.
2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107

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