X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= default; b=yL00YaAr9crNeoXa+hb7CDvYwxPa5P9PrLR9FysEI9LlX97UPSmmx 9+mgwLIMtDFPrMTWEfe0E+NWo9LXlO3IIEjGav2KOQ3TKXdiqP0X2/SCe+c5e45K bI2xWUGCaBbPTnPPbmViiYtauSpyQuHVK9NMhNVlVw0ySUBfKzvbmI= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=snNzFfe+CPQ2AaEbnUJf/m3fSjs=; b=xahbDXnw2fkfKO6i/J6FOzn5t+pn 4C6NLya1jpz38DjBN+zBSiy55PvVoUyH+RamwYRGFk+cVyA5KiM8JOmbzATIT3Jx T/6huLw6aOWHWI0MQ9Dxjwd4rHYQgq2Q1dQonflU5hBj/9MZn0haXx2Z5Plg2ddS f7tf9O+z6GPz1fs= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*UA:Outlook, H*x:Outlook, H*UA:Microsoft, H*x:Microsoft X-HELO: know-smtprelay-omc-8.server.virginmedia.net From: "Fergus" To: Cc: "Fergus" Subject: Re: Creation of weird WINDOWS-related (sub)directories Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 16:16:43 +0100 Message-ID: <000301d454e2$c5102a20$4f307e60$@bonhard.uklinux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> Just noticed: strange directory %SystemDrive% created at root of Cygwin >> installation: >> As in: >> /consoleX/%SystemDrive% > I doubt it is due to a cygwin program. > "consoleX" does not appear in the package search > https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi Unintentionally I have confounded the discussion. The directory named "consoleX" is my home-grown Cygwin root directory. (Others' preferred locationname might be "cygwin" or "mycygwin" or whatever.) The directory %SystemDrive% occurs at the root of the Cygwin filesystem. I cannot work out what activity has triggered it .. .. Fergus -- 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