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cygdrive prefix confusion
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- To: Jon LaBadie <jcyg at jgcomp dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:16:33 +0100
- Subject: cygdrive prefix confusion
- References: <20020620220941.GA14451@butch.jgcomp.com>
On Thursday 20 Jun 02, Jon LaBadie writes:
> I've reset my cygdrive prefix to "/" rather than "/cygdrive".
> For interactive use this seems fine.
> However, I'm running some backup software that accesses the
> system from a remote server. That software does not see the
> windows drives as /c, /d, ... (i.e., my new prefix), but still
> sees them as /cygdrive/c etc. as if I did not change the prefix.
The default is to set the prefix for the user only. For all users,
use "mount -s". Try "mount --help" for details.
Regards,
David
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