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 Message-ID: <20050409015330.89049.qmail@web20826.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 18:53:30 -0700 (PDT) From: ChrisW Subject: I cannot change cygdrive prefix (yes, checked docs, faq and archives) To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-IsSubscribed: yes Nothing I can change the cygdrive prefix. I recall being able to do it before. # show current mount table: /> mount C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount) y: on /cygdrive/y type user (binmode,noumount) # attempt to change mount prefix: /> mount -s -b --change-cygdrive-prefix / # verify that it thinks it changed it: /> mount -m mount -f -s -b "C:/cygwin/bin" "/usr/bin" mount -f -s -b "C:/cygwin/lib" "/usr/lib" mount -f -s -b "C:/cygwin" "/" mount -s -b --change-cygdrive-prefix "/" # show current mount table: /> mount C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount) y: on /cygdrive/y type user (binmode,noumount) # (see, it's still "cygdrive") # try anyway: /> cd /c bash: cd: /c: No such file or directory I looked in the registry and verified thare are no user mounts and that the cygdrive prefix is "/". I read the doc where it talks about matching the longest prefix, if there's more then one, but I think that's only for display. I absolutely recall being able to change the prefix to "/" so that my C: drive was "/c". Did they change the behavior in later versions of Cygwin? Any help to get rid of the lengthy "cygdrive" prefix would be greatly appreciated. thanks, -Chris __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail -- 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/