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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:04:28 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Mounting confusion
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In-Reply-To: <4E351258434DD411AA88009027F7137D08F925@ANDROS_NT1>; from Law@mail.andros.com on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 10:02:58AM -0800

On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 10:02:58AM -0800, Law, Doug wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I recently started investigating applications programming on a budget and
>was delighted to find both Cygwin and DJGPP (Thanks DJ and Eli).
>However I have come to realize that there is a great deal about I don't
>understand about the differences between DOS and WIN9X and Unix.  Is there
>an FAQ or HOW-TO or Tutorial on-line that you can direct me to that explains
>the major differences between these systems?  In particular I am confused by
>the differences between the path specifications in DOS/WIN and the concept
>of "mounting" I have heard discussed in this list.
>I am coming out of a DOS background with limited windows programming
>exposure so simple is good.
>
>Thanks in advance,

http://cygwin.com

Click on the "Documentation" link.

cgf

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