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: <4.3.1.2.20000427110253.00dc1e40@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:09:18 -0400 To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com, "cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Various questions - docs, paths In-Reply-To: <20000427145817.7283.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:58 AM 4/27/00, Earnie Boyd wrote: >--- "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote: > > At 09:05 AM 4/27/00, Earnie Boyd wrote: > > >--- Chris Faylor wrote: > > > > On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 05:46:24AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote: > > > > >Nice point. This needs to be added to the TODO list. BTW, why is your > > root > > > > >mounted on D: and your package installed in H:\Cygnus? Why not change > > your > > > > >mount of / to `mount -f -b h:/Cygnus /'? It should work much better > > that > > > > way. > > > > > > > > What needs to be added? We're not going to be putting /cygdrive paths in > > > > the mount table. > > > > > > > > > >The display of the cygdrive prefix needs to be added to the output of > > `mount'. > > >Currently the only way to know the values of this is to either use regedit > > or > > >cygcheck. > > > > > > I'm not sure if I understand your point here Earnie. As I understand it, the > > /cygdrive paths get generated automatically and "on-the-fly" when someone or > > something references a path to a Windows drive that has not been explicitly > > mounted (i.e. is not in the mount table). The /cygdrive path exists only as > > long as its needed/used, so its transient. Seems to me that it makes sense > > to > > simply add to the documentation that those who want to eliminate the > > /cygdrive > > prefix from one of their paths should simply mount the drive in question to > > their favorite path... or am I missing some important point in all this? > > > >The /cygdrive is stored in the registry and can be modified by `mount'. >Therefore, the contents of the data should be displayed in the output of >`mount'. > I guess I don't have objections to "/cygdrive" specifically appearing in the mount table display if it's role can be clearly distinguished from the other mount entries (since its purpose is subtly different). I'm not sure if I see the point to having something like "/cygdrive/d" (representing the transient mounting of someone's D drive) in the listing though. Overall, great care needs to be exercised here to keep any change to address the /cygdrive issue from generating any confusion about what this notation does, IMO. Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX (508) 560-1285 - cell phone -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com