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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 08:02:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Cygdrive Path Prefix Patch Issue
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--- Jason Tishler <Jason DOT Tishler AT dothill DOT com> wrote:
-8<-
> 
> I looked into the df source -- specifically read_filesystem_list() in
> fileutils/lib/mountlist.c.  The current implementation would attempt
> to interpret the cygdrive prefixes as ordinary file systems.
> 
> > and if there is a way to work around it.
> 
> I can add Cygwin specific code to ignore the cygdrive prefixes.  But,
> I'm concerned that all other code that uses getmntent() would need a
> similar change.
> 
> DJ Delorie wrote:
> > Could getmntent be extended to return, as one of the entries, the
> > automount path?
> 
> Implementing the above is certainly doable but will be fairly ugly.
> 
> Do we really want to go with this approach?  If the consensus is yes,
> then I will do so.  Are there any other, hopefully better, alternatives
> before I dive in?

This certainly sounds like we *don't* want to use this approach.  AFAICT a new
function named something like getumntent() would be better suited.

Cheers,

=====
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