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On 2023-08-07 10:52, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote:
> What is the official cygwin way to find a free drive letter, which can
> be used in a script to mount a drive?

Just use the Windows UNC network path directly on Cygwin with '/' not '\'.

For Windows, it may still be NET USE * \\... but have not used it in decades!

Cygwin should pick it up and automount it under /proc/cygdrive/?/ but see 
disclaimer above.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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