Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20020510103253.025604b0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 10:37:23 -0400 To: David T-G , "CygWin Users' List" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: /cygdrive/c ==> //c In-Reply-To: <20020510141705.GW407@justpickone.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:17 AM 5/10/2002, David T-G wrote: >Hi, all -- > >I enjoyed being able to cd to /// and was somewhat >disappointed when that changed to /cygdrive// and >still haven't gotten quite used to it. I was quite happy to find the >registry key that sets the cygdrive prefix but can't seem to put it back >to // (I can now change to /c/tmp or /d/data). Is there any way to get >back the double-slash behavior? > > >TIA & HAND No. Your best bet is to stick with the // alternative, if you don't like the "cygdrive" (or some other prefix). "//" is generally a bad choice for Windows anyway since that's the key to indicate network paths via UNC. A mistyped local drive access using the "//" notation can cause lengthy delays... and frequent posts to this list complaining about performance! ;-) There's no reason to be mucking around the registry either to make any of these kinds of changes. That's why the mount command exists. Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- 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/