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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:56:20 -0700
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From: Randall R Schulz <rrschulz AT cris DOT com>
Subject: Re: mount & ls
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Doug,

Mounting creates a record internal to Cygwin. In a classic Unix file 
system where the direct closes counterpart to the Cygwin mount 
originated, the directory onto which a file system device or partition 
was to be mounted had to exist.

So the answer is, just mkdir the mount-point directory (as you'd have 
to in Unix). When the mount is not in effect, you'll see what's in the 
mount-point directory. When the mount is in effect, you'll see the 
contents of the mounted directory instead.

The same goes to get completion to work.

Randall Schulz


At 12:45 2003-04-18, Doug Jenkinson wrote:
>Hi,
>I'm relatively new here, but I have a question about mount.
>
>I would like to mount a directory into my home directory.  So, I use
>the command "mount -f -u /cygdrive/d/download $HOME/download" assuming,
>of course, that D:\Download exists.  Now, if I execute "ls ~", why
>don't I see the download directory?  Why can I see mounted directories
>in the /cygdrive?
>
>Am I asking for the impossible or is there another way?
>
>Doug Jenkinson


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