Re: Windows-style pathname does not work as command - why?

[Jeremy Bopp <jeremy at bopp dot net>]

On 9/9/2010 2:27 PM, Morgan Gangwere wrote:
> on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:50:08 -0500, Jeremy Bopp <4C892C60.6040704@bopp.net>
> attacked their terminal with
> +Actually, this function only works if the user has the default cygdrive
> +prefix.  This can and often *is* changed, however.  Fortunately, the
> +Cygwin developers have had your back on this for a very long time.  Use
> +the cygpath program to convert all your paths.  It safely handles
> +conversions both to and from POSIX for both absolute and relative paths,
> +can convert to short form DOS paths (e.g C:\Progra~1\...), supports
> +paths with arbitrary whitespace, can provide many well known paths such
> +as the user's Desktop directory, can be run by Windows-native programs,
> +and more.
> 
> how do you change the default cygdrive path? I figured it was a set-in-stone
> kindof thing. 

Add something like the following line to your /etc/fstab file and
restart all your Cygwin processes:

none / cygdrive binary,posix=0,noacl,user 0 0

This example will set your cygdrive prefix to simply be /, so you can
access the C: drive via /c/whatever.  More details are available in the
user guide:

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

-Jeremy

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