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From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder AT niaid DOT nih DOT gov>
To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Documentation problem with the UG - POSIX devices?
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:22:04 +0000
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https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-posixdevices

In the paragraph starting "Block devices are accessible ..."

"... or the first partition on the third harddisk is \device\harddisk2\partition1."

Shouldn't partition1 be the second partition, not the first?

Best wishes,

- Barry
  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.


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