From: rdparker AT butlermfg DOT org (Parker, Ron)
Subject: RE: mount() semantics
23 Sep 1998 08:19:07 -0700
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Or, recreate the directories.  It seems to me that a na=EFve user is
likely to delete an empty being unaware that some of their software
requires it.  Therefore I think if we do anything we should recreate
them.

Another option is to mark mount point directories as system =
directories.
This would at least generate a warning in Explorer before deleting the
directory.

-----Original Message-----
From: TYann AT vet DOT com DOT au [mailto:TYann AT vet DOT com DOT au]
Sent: Monday, September 21, 1998 11:10 PM
To: cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: mount() semantics


I like the idea of forcing the directory to exist, but we have to be
able
to cope with the directory being later deleted from outside the =
cygwin32
environment. Perhaps we could check this at startup, and remove/disable
mounts where the unerlying directory no longer exists.

At 19:13 21/09/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Consider:   mount Q:/baz /foo/bar
>
>Under Unix, /foo/bar would have to be a valid directory.  Under
>Cygwin32, it does not.  Even worse, /foo doesn't even have to exist so
>if you cd into /foo/bar, and then try to cd .., an error results.
>I'm pretty convinced something needs to change.
>
>I am tempted to suggest requiring that /foo/bar exist as of b20,
>modifying mount() in winsup accordingly.  That would have the
>advantage of making mount()'s semantics much closer to Unix.  But it
>would also have the disadvantage of requiring physical directory mount
>points which could be a bummer to have to cope with.
>
>If you all think that would be too drastic, we could at least check
>for the parent directory's existance (although that's a bit
trickier)...
>
>Thoughts?
>
>--=20
>Geoffrey Noer
>noer AT cygnus DOT com
>

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