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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:16:33 +0100
Message-ID: <4497-Thu20Jun2002231633+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk>
From: David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
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To: Jon LaBadie <jcyg AT jgcomp DOT com>
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Subject: cygdrive prefix confusion
In-Reply-To: <20020620220941.GA14451@butch.jgcomp.com>
References: <20020620220941 DOT GA14451 AT butch DOT jgcomp DOT com>

On Thursday 20 Jun 02, Jon LaBadie writes:
> I've reset my cygdrive prefix to "/" rather than "/cygdrive".
> For interactive use this seems fine.

> However, I'm running some backup software that accesses the
> system from a remote server.  That software does not see the
> windows drives as /c, /d, ... (i.e., my new prefix), but still
> sees them as /cygdrive/c etc. as if I did not change the prefix.

The default is to set the prefix for the user only.  For all users,
use "mount -s".  Try "mount --help" for details.

Regards,
David


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