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Re: Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem


Greetings, Diego Mesa!

> I have tried as suggested in [#1] and used the mount command as
> follows but it still doesnt work. However, my ~ is indeed my ~

For all your struggles, I think there's one point that you're missing.
For /etc/fstab changes to take effect, any and all applications using
cygwin1.dll should be stopped first.
Easiest is to restart a box.

>     ~:pwd
>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname

>     ~:cat /etc/fstab
>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

>     # This is default anyway:
>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>     #none / cygdrive binary 0 0%

>     ~:mount -c /

>     ~:pwd
>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname


> Note: for some strange reason the listserv isnt making it to my inbox.
> Im checking it from: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html
> and so my responses aren't showing up correctly.

> [#1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html

> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I tried removing the first line, but still appear in some no mands
>> land directory:
>>
>>     :cat /et/fstab
>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>
>>     # This is default anyway:
>>     #none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>
>>     :pwd
>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>
>>     :ls -al
>>     .bashrc
>>
>> The actual contents of C/users/myname are all of my custom files which
>> are not showing up here.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Ive seen and done as suggested on this realted question [#1] about
>>> removing cygdrive prefix but am still unable to get ride of the
>>> /cygdrive/c prefix, and have encountered even stranger errors!
>>>
>>> My True directory
>>>     :pwd
>>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>>     :ls
>>>     file1
>>>     file2
>>>     ...
>>>
>>> My Fstab
>>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>
>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>
>>> As a matter of fact, when I add the answer from that question, my ~
>>> directory is no longer my actual home directory!
>>>
>>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>
>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>>
>>>     :ls
>>>     .bashrc
>>>     .zshrc
>>>
>>> and those are empty/not my real ones! What can I do?
>>>
>>>
>>> [#1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44677/how-do-i-get-rid-of-cygwins-cygdrive-prefix-in-all-paths

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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 03.10.2013, <03:33>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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