Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:53:26 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [?@yahoo.com: Found problem of floppy drive acces] Message-ID: <20050102215326.GE20747@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20041217172257 DOT GB442 AT fiji DOT reservoir DOT com> <20050102184519 DOT GA400591 AT mind> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050102184519.GA400591@mind> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:45:19AM -0700, Tom Hall wrote: >Since this problem appears to be the result of a bug in Windows, and I >don't use my floppy too much, I've come up with a Windows-level hack >that makes the problem more tolerable for me on Windows 98 until the >proper Cygwin solution is found. This "works" for both find and df. > >Add this line somewhere above where bash is called in CYGWIN.BAT : > > subst a: c: > >When I really want to use the floppy: > > subst a: /d > [use the floppy] > subst a: c: > >This assumes that c:\windows\command is in my path. Of course, the other option is just to update your findutils... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/