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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:31:42 -0400
To: Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU>
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Subject: Re: cygdrive confusing (was Re: new cygwin.dll (was Re: Make problems))
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In-Reply-To: <199906161715.MAA27965@mercury.xraylith.wisc.edu>; from Mumit Khan on Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 12:15:41PM -0500

On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 12:15:41PM -0500, Mumit Khan wrote:
>Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> writes:
>> I've actually changed later snapshots so that these do not show up in
>> the mount table.  /cygdrive is now always usable as a default prefix for
>> drives even for drives that have a mount associated with them.
>> 
>
>This seems like the most reasonable approach to me, and one that minimizes
>surprises, which is always a good thing.
>
>Thanks for the change.

You're welcome.  I'm now glad this thread was started, actually, because
I'd meant to announce this change and get feedback on it but...  I
forgot.

I know.  I know.  I hate to disillusion people.  I'm actually not as
inflalible as I seme.

cgf