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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
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Date:  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:00:29 -0700
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 11:18:20PM -0700, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>
>> That's why I've long since changed cygdrive prefix to /dev! ;-)
>
> Because we all know how linux loves to put filesystems under /dev!
>
> ls /dev/home

Well there are file systems under /dev in a way. Am I necessarily trying 
to emulate Linux religiously? No. To me /dev is where I would naturally 
expect a C *drive*, which is not really a file system but a device in my 
view (IOW I can pull out my C drive, hold it in my hand and say - this 
is my C device!). Also /dev is short - shorter than cygdrive anyway and 
I just naturally think, "C Drive" ~= "C Device", "D Drive" ~= "D Device".

No, /home for me in a domain environment is usually on the file server 
thus a mount //<server>/<homeshare> /home works just fine. Outside a 
domain environment C:/Home/<User> (I've long since hacked the registry 
to change the usual "C:\Documents and Settings" -> "C:\Home") can as 
easily be mounted with mount c:/home /home.

I also do mounts for things like C:\Program Files -> /apps, making 
things like ls /apps/Fire<tab> a breeze. YMMV.

There's the "You must adhere to pure *nix conventions" mentality and 
there's the "I will utilize what the system offers to make my life 
easier" mentality - both with pluses and minuses...
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