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Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:10:53 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Scott Purcell <spurcell AT vertisinc DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Save typing /cygdrive/c?
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On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Scott Purcell wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I hope I am not asking pre-posted question. But I love the cygwin
> product. It makes life nice. But I am tiring a little of always typing:
> /cygdrive/c everytime I want to start at c:
>
> eg:
> cp fun.class /cygdrive/c/make_lr/updates/.
>
> Is there a way to do something so I can type the above but simpler.
> cp fun.class /make_lr/updates/.
>
> ??
> I apologize if this is a fundamental question, but my hands are getting
> tired and I am having trouble finding the answer to this.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott

Scott,

Try running "mount -u 'c:\make_lr' /make_lr" and see if this helps.  You
may wish to create a /make_lr directory for tab-completion to work.  For
details, run "man mount".
	Igor
P.S. You only need to mount this once - the mount table is persistent.
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