X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <10845a340607110140t66bad429gbc8d750eddf4f7fe@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:40:57 +0100 From: "Richard Quadling" Reply-To: RQuadling AT googlemail DOT com To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: directories via. cygwin/windows In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Windows creates what are basically virtual directories. The contents of the many of the directories you see in windows explorer are the results of some code creating a list internally, maybe from a mini DB or from the registry. Not all is at is seems. On 11/07/06, Jim Easton wrote: > Dear All, > > Could someone please explain to me what is going on or direct me > to documentation that would explain it or perhaps to a more > appropriate list. > > If I cd to: > /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/jim/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files > ls shows: > Content.IE5 Content.MSO desktop.ini > > Whereas if I go to the same directory via. windows it show hundreds of > files, not including "Content.IE5", but most of which (not all) can be found > somewhere in the directory "Content.IE5" via. cygwin. > > Furthermore a file created, via. cygwin, in "Temporary Internet Files" > or any of it's subdirectories it does not show up in the window's list. > > However a file created in his neighbour viz. > /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/jim/Local Settings/Temp > does show up in the window's list of Temp. > > Being a long time unix user I tentatively conclude that the windows > rendering of "Temporary Internet Files" is not actually the same as > the one accessed via. cygwin, even though their paths appear to be > the same. So I wonder if cygwin can access the actual windows > directory. > > Also where does "windows explorer" store it's "suggested URLS" > in the address bar. ie. the possible matching urls it puts up > when you are typing in a url. I sure can't find it. > > Thanks for any light. > > Jim > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/