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 Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 14:00:39 -0500 From: David T-G To: "CygWin Users' List" Cc: "Larry Hall \(RFK Partners, Inc\)" Subject: Re: /cygdrive/c ==> //c Message-ID: <20020511190039.GB8010@justpickone.org> References: <20020510141705 DOT GW407 AT justpickone DOT org> <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20020510103253 DOT 025604b0 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kORqDWCi7qDJ0mEj" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20020510103253.025604b0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i --kORqDWCi7qDJ0mEj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Larry, et al -- =2E..and then Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) said... %=20 % At 10:17 AM 5/10/2002, David T-G wrote: % > % >I enjoyed being able to cd to /// and was somewhat =2E.. % >to // (I can now change to /c/tmp or /d/data). Is there any way to get % >back the double-slash behavior? =2E.. %=20 % No. Your best bet is to stick with the // alternative, % if you don't like the "cygdrive" (or some other prefix). "//" is general= ly It's just too long :-) % 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 Ah, I get it. I didn't realize that // was now mapped as \\, though I suppose that makes some sense. You see, I've only downloaded the cygwin kit back at b.19 or b.20 (though I did update to .1 later) and at one of the first setup.exe releases... % cause lengthy delays... and frequent posts to this list complaining about= =20 % performance! ;-) Yeah, I can imagine :-) I experienced the same thing and figured it was an error in the prefix rather than a network search, so I'm fortunate to have not asked the same thing myself! %=20 % There's no reason to be mucking around the registry either to make any of= =20 % these kinds of changes. That's why the mount command exists. Hmmm... Maybe I'll look into that, then! [*sigh* as soon as I find the cygintl dll, apparently...] Anyone want to break the suspense and tell me how it's useful to me? Thanks & HAND :-D --=20 David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) davidtg AT justpickone DOT org * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) davidtgwork AT justpickone DOT org http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! --kORqDWCi7qDJ0mEj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE83WpXGb7uCXufRwARAseVAJ0W4jQZenxVgRoIWWW5XV9a4wG16gCfcGZh Rt7PM3+rTaQyz+yyn1Ctx+o= =whB4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kORqDWCi7qDJ0mEj--