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Subject: Re: special name for vss shadow copy device?
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On Feb 24 15:42, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> All,
> 
> I'm familiar with http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html
> 
> But it only shows the \device\hardisk mappings.
> 
> Are there also mapppings for the shadow devices.
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Copy)
> 
> ie.
> \Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4
> or
> \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4

Sorry, there's no Cygwin device associated with volume shadow copies so
far.  There are no plans to add them, but if they can be simply mapped
to raw disk devices, we can certainly talk about adding a matching
device (/dev/svX or something).  As usual http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC.


Corinna

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