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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:26:15 -0500
From: kralius <gatetman AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)
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Thanks for the reply.


> >The only mention
> >of cygdrive flags in the registry that i could find was at least 3
> >years old and got a reply to the effect of "don't mess with the
> >registry!" (*sigh*)
>
> Which apparently didn't serve as a clue?

The hint was written before the always-visible cygdrive ..feature..
came into play, so i figured it was worth asking again.  Aside from
that, though, notions like "hands off" and "not possible" strike me as
a little bit out-of-place for cygwin, i have to admit.  I imagine many
of its users (like myself) are interested in how it works, and in
playing around with it (even at the risk of breaking things).  I'd
certainly welcome getting pointed in the right direction to something
like the bit definitions for cygdrive flags in the source...

But, assuming cygdrive flags has nothing to do with the visibility
issue, (it looks like it happened to /proc and others at the same
time,) does anyone know/remember where the change was made to make
these special directories visible?


Thanks!

- kral



On 6/13/06, Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 08:22:20PM -0500, kralius wrote:
> >I'm trying to find a way to make the cygdrive prefix directory
> >(default: /cygdrive) appear hidden within cygwin (for example, to ls or
> >find).
> >
> >This was actually the old behavior in cygwin, but at some point it
> >changed to become visible.  The cygwin installer now also creates a
> >real directory on the windows file system called cygdrive, but even if
> >I delete this or change the cygdrive prefix to something non-default
> >(like /mnt), it will still show up (with ls, find, etc.).
> >
> >For a while, i suspected this had something to do with the cygdrive
> >flags parameter (in the registry under ...\cygwin\mounts v2 ), but i'm
> >having no success playing with that now, and the cygwin faq and mailing
> >list archives are all very quiet about the subject.  The only mention
> >of cygdrive flags in the registry that i could find was at least 3
> >years old and got a reply to the effect of "don't mess with the
> >registry!" (*sigh*)
>
> Which apparently didn't serve as a clue?
>
> >Does anyone have an idea how to get the old behavior back of hiding the
> >cydrive prefix directory?
> >
> >And, whether or not it is related, does anyone know how the cygdrive
> >flags parameter is defined, what options can be set with it, etc.  ?
>
> The cygdrive prefix is controlled with the mount program.  Anything
> that it is possible to do with it is mentioned there.  It is not
> possible to hide it currently.
>
> As you have discovered, the cygdrive parameter isn't there for you
> to play with via regedit.  It is really intended to be manipulated
> with the mount command.
>
> cgf
>

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