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Re: cygdrive confusing (was Re: new cygwin.dll (was Re: Make problems))
On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 11:08:22AM -0700, Geoffrey Noer wrote:
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>> I see much confusion about this getting ready to happen. Would it be wise to
>> change "cygdrive" to "unmounted" which gives a description of what it's about?
>
>The problem with "unmounted" is that when an automount happens to
>cygdrive, there really is a mount created in the process. So by the
>time /unmounted/e would get used, "unmounted" would no longer be a
>correct description of the situation.
I've actually changed later snapshots so that these do not show up in
the mount table. /cygdrive is now always usable as a default prefix for
drives even for drives that have a mount associated with them.
cgf