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Subject: RE: Mount of VSS volumes (//?/GLOBALROOT/...) does not work
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 12:04:56 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 11:53
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: Re: Mount of VSS volumes (//?/GLOBALROOT/...) does not work
> 
> Jason Pyeron wrote:
> >  
> > 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com [mailto:cygwin-owner 
> at cygwin 
> >> dot com] On Behalf Of Christian Franke
> >> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:34
> >> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> >> Subject: Re: Mount of VSS volumes (//?/GLOBALROOT/...) 
> does not work
> >>
> >> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>> On Nov  7 15:41, Christian Franke wrote:
> >>>> The access to the path works, except the access to the
> >> root dir of
> >>>> the volume. It appears as a regular file which apparently
...
> >>> This is still a highly unusual situation from a POSIXy
> >> point of view.
> >>> I'm not sure I want to slow down Cygwin for this any further.  It
> > 
> > Could this be explained please?
> 
> The code in Cygwin to handle path conversion and 
> "POSIXification" is very complex and is already a performance 
> concern.  Adding more code to this area to handle rare cases 
> is not in the best interest of the entire Cygwin community, 
> since it adds complexity and reduces performance of Cygwin as 
> a whole.  So we shy away from making changes in this area 
> unless there's a definite need and an overall "win".

Hmm, could I get a primmer on where to look to understand more. I.E. which
sources/functions.

> 
> >>> seems the ability to mount a shadow volume as a dos drive is 
> >>> sufficient for this kind of problem, isn't it?
> >>>
> >> I agree.
> > 
> > The dosdev.exe is no longer downloadable from Microsoft.
> 
> <http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/archive/2005/10/04/477164.aspx>
> 
> Sounds like if one couldn't find the prebuilt tool somewhere 
> that it's not that hard to write one.

And maybe add it as a feature to mount....




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