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Re: cygdrive prefix confusion


On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 11:16:33PM +0100, David Starks-Browning wrote:
> 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.

Actually I did run mount --help.  But the meaning of:

  -s      add mount point to system-wide registry location

was lost on me as relating to cygdrive prefix.

I'll give it a try, thanks.

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