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Subject: RE: /cygdrive can't see share z:
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:07:42 +0100
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On 17 April 2007 12:52, John Daniel Doucette wrote:

> Daniel,
> 
> I have a similar problem under WinXP.  Almost always, mapped network
> drives are invisible under /cygdrive. Ie. after booting if J: is a
> mapped drive "ls /cygdrive/j" gives "ls: /cygdrive/j: No such file or
> directory". However it ALWAYS becomes visible if you open explorer
> and click on the drive! Ie.
> 
> Reboot, then ...
> 
> $ ls /cygdrive/j
>   ls: /cygdrive/j: No such file or directory
> 
> ... open windows explorer and click on J drive, then...
> 
> $ ls /cygdrive/j
> dir1  dir2 dir3 file1 file2
> 
> I haven't found any other solution yet.

  When you create the network drive, tick "Reconnect at logon".

  Alternatively, run the "net use J:" command in a cmd.exe shell, or from
cygwin shell run "cmd /c net use J:", to get it to mount on demand.



   cheers,
      DaveK
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