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From: ejfried AT california DOT sandia DOT gov (friedman_hill ernest j)
Message-Id: <200110251516.IAA04509@california.sandia.gov>
Subject: Re: //c path prefix (again) with a legacy sw?
In-Reply-To: <200110251458.RAA25905@cs.tut.fi> from Jokinen Jyke at "Oct 25,
 2001 05:58:21 pm"
To: Jokinen Jyke <jyke AT cs DOT tut DOT fi>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:16:23 -0700 (PDT)
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1) Edit the binaries, search for //c/usr, change to /zz/usr

2) Make a symlink from /zz/usr to /cygdrive/c/usr
   
and Bob's your uncle!

I think Jokinen Jyke wrote:
> 
> Hello all.
> 
> I have "old" binaries compiled with version 1.1.8 and they internally
> access in one point a location starting with path //c/usr meaning
> WinPath C:\USR. Is there any configuration change which would allow me
> to use these binaries in a newer version (1.3.3)?
> 
> What I have already tried:
> 
> 1. Compiling the package again to no avail. It's a Modula-3 compiler from
>   http://m3.polymtl.ca/m3/download. Package pm3-1.1.15-src-NT386GNU-boot.tgz 
>   worked quite fine in 1.1.8 but I only get strange errors (means I cannot
>   correct them) in 1.3.3 (win2k pro). 
>   And the package _has to be_ configured with installation path
>   of "C:\some\place".
> 
> 2. Playing with the mount command. I can setup a mount prefix of "/c" for
>   the "C-drive" but not "//c".
> 
> Is there any workaround for this other than creating a real SMB-share machine
> named "c" ?? (no that is not an option for me ;)
> 
> 	- Jyke Jokinen
> 
> 
> 
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