X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 12:59:37 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: SORRY! Re: fstab 1.7: spaces in win32path Message-ID: <20080526165937.GA17078@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <483A7D06 DOT 1070305 AT trustcenter DOT de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <483A7D06.1070305@trustcenter.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:04:06AM +0200, Martin Muenstermann wrote: > Hi, > > after my last update of cygwin, I found myself in the cygwin 1.7 world > (uname -rv: 1.7.0(0.185/5/2) 2008-05-25 20:10). > > Unfortunately, my mounts have not been translated to /etc/fstab entries, so > I had to write /etc/fstab myself. :-( Argh. I'm very sorry. I used my standard update facility for updating a test version of Cygwin and it placed the DLL in the wrong release directory. It should have gone to the testing "release-2" directory. > My problem: > I haven't found a way to mount a win32path containing spaces (like > "c:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\myself") through fstab. Tried enclosing > it with " and/or escaping the spaces (\ ). > C:\\Dokumente\ und\ Einstellungen\\myself /DOS some_fs text 0 0 I think this is a real bug so at least there is a silver lining to my gaffe. Apologies again for the major screwup on my part. cgf -- 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/