[PATCH]: Cygdrive Path Prefix

Chris Faylor cgf@cygnus.com
Thu Jul 27 21:23:00 GMT 2000


On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 12:19:12AM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:57:30PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote:
>> Following the recommendations from "Re: mount's --change-cygdrive-prefix
>> option" I have implemented the following:
>> 
>> 1. Fixed mount's --change-cygdrive-prefix functionality to save the
>> specified cygdrive path prefix to the user or system registry area as
>> appropriate (ie, -s or -u).
>> 
>> 2. Enhanced umount by adding the corresponding --remove-cygdrive-prefix
>> functionality.
>> 
>> Bob McGowan wrote:
>> > It is useful to display the current state before trying to
>> > modify it.  Maybe the mount command should have a specific option to do
>> > so, perhaps "--show-cygdrive-prefix"?
>
>I have finally finished the above and generated a patch against CVS.
>Hopefully, (really) late is better than never.  See attached:

I've only given this a quick glance (before going to bed) but it all looks
really good.

I'll probably check this in tomorrow.

cgf

>    cygdrive.diff:    patch
>    ChangeLog-cygwin: cygwin/ChangeLog entry
>    ChangeLog-utils:  utils/ChangeLog entry
>    cygdrive.txt:     sample usage session


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