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From: Karl M <karlm30 AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: RE: "mount -a" has no effect on the cygdrive prefix
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:16:50 -0800
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> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:15:29 +0100
> From: corinna
> Subject: Re: "mount -a" has no effect on the cygdrive prefix
>
> On Dec 30 12:46, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> On Dec 29 16:27, Karl M wrote:
>>>> From: corinna-cygwin
>>>> The cygdrive prefix is explicitely ignored when calling mount -a.
>>>> The problem is, I'm not sure anymore *why* I did it that way.
>>>> I added it to my TODO list, at least to figure out the reason...
>>>
>>> Did you figure out the reason?
>>
>> I know the reason, I just don't work on it yet. It's on the TODO list
>> for the new year.
>
> That's fixed in CVS now.
>
Hi All...
=20
I just reviewed chapter 3 of the user guide and found no mention of posix=
=3D0
as the default for /cygdrive. Perhaps something like this in section 3.1.2
in the table of options.
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posix=3D0 - Switch off case sensitivity for paths under this mount point. (=
default for /cygdrive)
posix=3D1 - Switch on case sensitivity for paths under this mount point (de=
fault for all other mount points).
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Ans something like this in section 3.1.3.
=20
...assuming the cygdrive mount options are binary,posix=3D0 (the defaults),=
 then any file /cygdrive/x/file will be...
=20
Also, I understand your reasoning on posix=3D0 in the output of the mount
command, except for "mount -m" output which for all other options suppresses
the default options because it targets the fstab file. I don't think that
"mount -m" should output posix=3D0 for the cygdrive prefix.
=20
Alternatively, one could make posix=3D1 the default for all mounts. :-)
This might be (inconvenient now, but) less problem in the long run.
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Thanks,
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...Karl=20=09=09=20=09=20=20=20=09=09=20=20
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