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Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:38:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Joaquin <winminion AT realmspace DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Where are mount points stored?
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Ok, so (1) is curiousity.  As for (2), why not simply run "mount" instead
of the reg query?  It will give you the same exact information.
	Igor

On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Joaquin wrote:

> No.  For one (1) I don't want to be ignorant and want to learn how
> things work.  Secondly (2) this helps me find diagnose and isolate
> problems.  I found weird behavior with Japanese Windows XP Home, where a
> mount point is being auto-created.  This would help me diagnose exactly
> when this is happening.  I could do a reg query between operations.
>
>   - Joaquin
>
>
> > The main question is (seriously): why do you care?  If it's simply to
> > satisfy your curiousity, the mounts are stored (for the moment) in
> > registry keys, as you could have found out by reading the Cygwin
> > sources (namely winsup/cygwin/path.cc).  However, when people find
> > this out they usually start wanting to go into the registry and change
> > the mounts there, and that's unacceptable[*].  So, here's a big
> > DISCLAIMER: do not attempt to change the mounts via regedit or other
> > registry editing software. Always use "mount" to change your mounts.
> > That way, you won't be blindsided when mounts do move to /etc/fstab or
> > something.
> >       Igor
> > [*] The only legitimate use of the registry mount knowledge
> > that I can think of is checking whether there are user mounts
> > for the SYSTEM user (there shouldn't be).

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