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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 22:08:38 -0600
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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According to fergus on 7/8/2005 9:57 PM:
> There must be something special about doing this with a drivename.

Yes - /cygdrive is virtual, so drivenames in that directory are managed
entirely by cygwin instead of by Windows.  Windows-managed files (99% of
what you use) don't have any problems.

> Can any expert confirm whether I ought to look elsewhere for this
> strange appendix?
> I admit it's my fault for meddling but it's not that daft an activity to
> have pursued, and certainly
> 	ln -s /cygdrive/c /c
> must be a fairly common solution to an annoying problem (that of having
> to write a lot).

Actually, a more common solution is to use "mount" to move the cygdrive
prefix to a spelling other than its default (usually /, as mentioned in
the FAQ, http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC53).

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Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
volunteer cygwin coreutils maintainer
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