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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:36:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Fred Kulack <kulack AT us DOT ibm DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Programatically finding value of "cygdrive" prefix
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Fred Kulack wrote:

> On 08/16/2005 at 08:25:18 AM, cygwin-owner wrote:
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^ (i.e., Igor Pechtchanski :-D)

> mount -m | grep -- --change-cygdrive-prefix | \
>   xargs bash -c 'while [ $# != 1 ]; do shift; done; echo "$@"' --
> --- end of excerpt ---

This would also work, BTW, and is simpler:

mount -m | grep -- --change-cygdrive-prefix | xargs bash -c 'eval echo \$$#' --

> Why the complexity? Is there something wrong with this?
>
> > regtool get "/HKCU/Software/Cygnus Solutions/Cygwin/mounts v2/cygdrive
> prefix"
> /

Yes, there is.  The "mount" command is guaranteed to always work in the
future, but the mount settings are not guaranteed to stay in the registry.
	Igor
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