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Re: 1.3.3-1: cd // no longer works (correctly)


the syntax "//drive/" is obolete since the last release.
Read the email archive or look at:

FAQ: How can I access other drives?


 Heinz



Arthur I Schwarz wrote:
> 
> I've got a WinNT installation of Cygwin on my company computer. My hard
> disk is partitioned and there are mounted network drives. For some reason:
> 
>     cd //<drive>   no longer works on any drive, at any time, but
>     cd //cygdrive/<drive> does work.
> 
> Is there anything that I have done wrong and how do I fix it.
> 
> In an aside, I had several local directories and programs stored in /bin,
> including emacs-20.7, and I have a source version of gcc-3.0.1 stored in
> the distribution directory. The result was that all of the local
> directories and programs were rejected and copied to root. The gcc-3.0.1
> installation failed (and I reinstalled gcc-3.95.3) and nvi failed (?) plus
> some other installation programs. I then reinstalled version 1.3.3-1
> correctly (with gcc-2.95.3) but nvi still failed. Do I need to uninstall
> 1.3.3.-1 and then reinstall?
> 
> art
> 
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