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From: "Anthony Massa" <amassa AT san DOT rr DOT com>
To: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Tar Problems Under Cygwin
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:30:38 -0700
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Is /cygdrive/f/ (or whatever drive letter) a standard when Cygwin is
installed?

I am using these instructions for others that will install Cygwin and I want
to make sure I give them the proper information on how to un-tar the file.
In other words, is the mount point /cygdrive/f/ going to be something
different on another system?  Or do all drives install the same way - with
the same mount points - if they are installed from the same binaries?

Or is it best to do a mount to see how the drive is mounted before trying to
un-tar the file?

Thanks for the fast responses.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max Bowsher [mailto:maxb AT ukf DOT net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 7:21 AM
> To: amassa AT san DOT rr DOT com; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Tar Problems Under Cygwin
>
>
> Anthony Massa wrote:
> > ... I tried to un-tar the
> > file using the command:
> >
> > $ tar xjvf f:/i386rdwr.tar.bz2
> >
> > I get the following output error message:
> >
> > f: unknown host
> > tar (child): f\:/i386rdwr.tar.bz2: Cannot open: I/O error
>
> f is being interpreted as a remote computer name. Specify the file as:
> /cygdrive/f/i386rdwr.tar.bz2
>
> Max.
>
>


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