X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=NfkqkwUlYD4A:10 a=w_pzkKWiAAAA:8 a=-YqKVGx-JKCY_4an-cMA:9 a=xYQdnaZCMFjgJVSQVPkA:7 a=IyPh_eOZArbmCjvv_I1Kp4ExQdAA:4 a=buB1NfXUTBUA:10 a=IfQ-iFkkCvMA:10 Message-ID: <4B53E8D4.9070700@columbus.rr.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:51:32 -0500 From: Paul McFerrin Reply-To: pmcferrin AT columbus DOT rr DOT com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygwin Subject: RE: Lesson on internals; what associates / with root Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Never mind. It's one thing to "read" something that is written but something else when I make a "connection". I have "connected". The answer is: fstab. Paul McFerrin wrote: > It's time for a lesson in cygwin internals. > > What associates the root of a filesystem?? > > I'm getting an invalid value for "/". i.e. When I do a "cd /", it > will fail. I will get the error message: "cd: / - No such file or > directory". Obviously there is something in the environment it > doesn't like. The current directory is at what the new root *should* > be. I'm running the latest Cygwin 1.7.1-1 > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple