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Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 13:06:24 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: echo $HOME returns /cygdrive/c/documents and setting/mrane
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On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 07:40:56PM +0200, Reini Urban wrote:
>Sure, mount is the method which is used more often.
>And it is faster and easier.
>But it is not as transparent to the poor end-user as the symlinks.
>He will not see /home when doing "ls /"

  mkdir /home
  mount -b "C:/Documents and Settings" /home

Either that or:

  mkdir /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home

if you have already executed the mount.

Then "ls /" shows the home directory.

This is, IMO, closer to the UNIX way of doing things than using a
symlink.

cgf

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