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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ls & "magic" cygdrive dir (was: RE: cygdrive stuff)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:36:47 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
>
> > In the case of both /cygdrive and /registry, I simply wouldn't allow
the
> > existance of real files - though Win32 will mess that up, ofcourse.
>
> Yep, that's it.  You can't prevent it.  The question is just if
> the fhandler has to list it or not.

Yup, up to the fhandler, just like in linux (mount over a dir with
curent content, it's contents are not visible while the mount is
present). An individual can write a fs driver that merges the existing
dir in, IF they want to.

Rob


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