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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 15:19:53 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject:  Re: cygdrive prefix confusion
To: Jon LaBadie <jcyg AT jgcomp DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 18:09:41 -0400 Jon LaBadie <jcyg AT jgcomp DOT com> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Any idea why the difference?

The output from 'cygcheck -s' would probably give you a hint.
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