Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 11:43:04 +0000
From: tony DOT arnold AT man DOT ac DOT uk
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: New feature in cygwin snapshot
Message-ID: <20011124114303.A759759@TONY>
References: <20011124034715 DOT GA6012 AT redhat DOT com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i
In-Reply-To: <20011124034715.GA6012@redhat.com>; from cgf@redhat.com on Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 10:47:15PM -0500

Chris,

This is an excellent improvement. Many thanks. Is it possible to extend this
kind of functionality to the //./ syntax so that an ls //./ would show all
the Posix style physical devices that are available?

Regards,
Tony.

On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 10:47:15PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I've recently augmented the /cygdrive abilities of cygwin.
> 
> It is now possible to do this:
> 
>     bash$ ls /cygdrive
>     a  c  d
> 
> or even this:
> 
>     bash$ cd /cygdrive
>     bash$ ls
>     a  c  d
> 
> Command completion from shells should also work.
> 
> Currently all of the above is short-circuited if your cygdrive is set to
> '/', however.  Cygwin currently assumes that it has complete control of
> the directory name which is being used as a cygdrive prefix and that is
> obviously not true if you have changed your cygdrive prefix to '/'.
> 
> This functionality is available in the latest snapshot.
> 
> FYI,
> cgf
> 
> --
> Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
> Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
> Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
> FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
> 
-- 
Tony Arnold, Deputy to the Head of COS Division, Manchester Computing,
University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL.
T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039
E-mail: tony DOT arnold AT man DOT ac DOT uk, Home: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/