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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:55:19 -0400
To: Arnaud Mouiche <arnaud DOT mouiche AT inventel DOT fr>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: c:/ seems to be accessed in binary even if cygwin is configured as textmode by default
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At 01:38 PM 8/31/2004, you wrote:
>Hi.
>
>just make a fresh update (from a long time). I mount my system in textmode by default.
>yet,
>
>c:/file seems to be accessed in binary mode
>/cygdrive/c/file is accessed in text mode
>
>Is it the new default behaviour ? Is there a configuration that I missed ?
>
>thanks
>
>Arnaud
>
>....
>
>here a simple proof
>
>$ cygcheck -c | grep cygwin
>cygwin               1.5.10-3           OK
>cygwin-doc           1.3-7              OK
>$ mount
>C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (textmode)
>C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (textmode)
>C:\cygwin on / type system (textmode)
>c: on /cygdrive/c type user (textmode,noumount)
>d: on /cygdrive/d type user (textmode,noumount)
>w: on /cygdrive/w type user (textmode,noumount)



If you're using a Windows path, you bypass mounts.  Mounts map POSIX paths
to Windows, not the reverse.


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