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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 17:20:26 -0400
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Cc: Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com
Subject: Re: Cygdrive Path Prefix Patch Issue
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In-Reply-To: <200006132109.RAA08578@envy.delorie.com>; from dj@delorie.com on Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 05:09:48PM -0400

On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 05:09:48PM -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>[moved to cygwin-developers]
>
>> I would like to follow the above suggestion and further enhance
>> mount by adding --show-cygdrive-prefix functionality.
>> Unfortunately, given the current public API there is no way (that I
>> could find) to pass the cygdrive path prefix information from inside
>> Cygwin to mount for display purposes.  Is it acceptable to add
>> something like cygwin_get_cygdrive_paths() to the public API?  Any
>> other suggestions?
>
>Could getmntent be extended to return, as one of the entries, the
>automount path?  It would probably mess up *some* program somewhere.

I think this is the best solution, actually.  It could return a flag
indicating that this was a "cygdrive prefix" mount.  I don't know
why this would screw up anything.

Btw, Jason, if you have not already done so, we'll need to have you
fill out an assignment form at:

http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/assign.txt

We won't be able to add your patch to cygwin otherwise, since I assume
that it will not be a trivial patch.

I should also point out that, although DJ has Cc'ed cygwin-developers,
you won't be able to send email here unless you're subscribed to
the mailing list.

I think that it is best to discuss these issues on the cygwin-developers
mailing list, so if you'd like to subscribe, please send email to:

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And I'll approve the subscription request immediately.

Thanks very much for making these changes.

cgf