X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: X-Sender: tom_lee01 AT hotmail DOT com In-Reply-To: <451F2DF0.2080803@byu.net> From: "Tom Lee" To: ebb9 AT byu DOT net Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: mssing packages for cygwin Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 03:32:14 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 > > I read mount and cygpath manual, but still not sure if there is a way > > that I can > > run > > tar cvf test.tar c:/test or > > tar cvf test.tar c:\test > > > >Actually, from either a DOS or a bash (or other cygwin) shell, you can do: > >tar cvf test.tar /cygdrive/c/test > >Get used to POSIX paths - cygwin is a Linux emulation for Windows, and >POSIX paths will work in more places than DOS paths (not to mention that >backslashes are a pain to use on the command line with regards to proper >quoting rules between the two different styles of shells, but forward >slashes work great in both cases). tar cvf test.tar /cygdrive/c/test is nice to work. howver, can I mount /cygdrive/c as c:/ and run as tar cvf test.tar c:/test ? I have tar.exe djgpp and it works this way. Thanks. Tom _________________________________________________________________ Be seen and heard with Windows Live Messenger and Microsoft LifeCams http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/default.mspx?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline -- 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/