Message-Id: <200006022116.RAA17117@delorie.com> 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 From: "Parker, Ron" To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: RE: text / binary mounts (sorry) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:14:29 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > >So is there anyway to have 'echo Hello>//h/junk' produce a > 6-byte file? > > Yes. You use the mount command that was mentioned previously > in this thread. If you are referring to 'mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /cygdrive', I tested it before I sent the original email and again after I recieved your response. Even after doing so, echo Hello>/cygdrive/h/junk yields 6 bytes echo Hello>//h/junk yields 7 bytes If, on the other hand, you are referring to something like 'mount -b H:\\ //h', it returns without error, nothing shows up in the output from 'mount', and I still get a 7 byte file. I even tried 'mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /' to no avail and 'mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /' gave a "mount failed: Invalid argument" message. I may just be thick-headed but I didn't get what mount command you were referring to. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com