Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <20000117214135.21118.qmail@web112.yahoomail.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:41:35 -0800 (PST) From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Subject: Re: Mount Problem: "No such file or directory" To: Kevin Bridges , cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Yup!! Relative paths are broken with the distribution. Fixed in the snapshots. For a snapshot go to the http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/snapshots/ page. Be sure to read the caveats. Earnie. --- Kevin Bridges wrote: > Hello, > > I just loaded cygwin and I am having trouble getting paths to resolve > to relative directories that are mount points. > > I am running cygwin 20.1 on NT. > > Here is a simple example: > > P90:/> > P90:/> mount > Device Directory Type Flags > C: / native text!=binary > > > P90:/> > P90:/> mount 'c:\tempCygWinTest' /tempWow > Warning: /tempWow does not exist! > > Note 1: I have tried the /tempWow being an empty directory > (eliminating the warning above) and the results are the same. > > P90:/> > P90:/> mount > Device Directory Type Flags > c:\tempCygWinTest /tempWow native text!=binary > C: / native text!=binary > > P90:/> > P90:/> # ABSOLUTE PATHS WORK! > P90:/> cat /tempWow/Test1.txt > This is a test. > I hope it works. > > P90:/> > P90:/> # RELATIVE PATHS DO NOT WORK :-( > P90:/> cat tempWow/Test1.txt > cat: tempWow/Test1.txt: No such file or directory > > Note 2: I have a /tmp directory > Note 3: I have a /bin with a copy of sh.exe > > Any help and/or insight would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Kevin > > ================================= > Kevin Bridges > email: kevinast AT mvp DOT net > ================================= > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com > > ===== Earnie Boyd Cygwin Newbies, please visit __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com