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From: Jason Dufair <jase AT dufair DOT org>
To: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: access PocketPC filesystem from Cygwin
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Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:02:47 -0500
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0507191847180.7705@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> (Igor 	Pechtchanski's message of "Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:49:08 -0400 (EDT)")
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Thanks Igor.  It appears that there is no way to access it from a cmd
prompt.  There appear to be various Windows APIs to copy files to/from,
etc, but no direct filesystem access.

Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> writes:

> On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Jason Dufair wrote:
>
>> Is it possible somehow to access the filesystem on the PocketPC that is
>> attached to my PC?  By "access", I mean "cd to at a bash prompt".  I
>> didn't find anything in the archives, and I dug around in /proc on a
>> whim, but came up empty-handed.
>
> Is there a way to cd to it from a cmd prompt?  If so, use the same
> directory/drive at the bash prompt (with appropriate POSIXification, e.g.,
> use /cygdrive/e for e:).  Otherwise, you're out of luck, as Cygwin doesn't
> actually provide filesystem drivers -- it uses whatever filesystems the
> underlying Windows can access.
> 	Igor
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