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


Hello!

I've tried the mount -c / command, as well as the changes in fstab
with a restart and it still doesnt work! Am I missing something?

On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote:
> 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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> Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 03.10.2013, <03:33>
>
> Sorry for my terrible english...
>

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