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Re: how to access to drive using cd


On 7/15/2011 13:02, dbonneau wrote:
> Jeremy Bopp-3 wrote:
>>
>> On 7/15/2011 12:32, dbonneau wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am trying to access to a drive call "Q"  
>>> when I acess to c drive by typing cd /c , it works fine but not with cd
>>> /q
>>>
>>> could you tell me how to do that ? 
>>
>> Assuming you're running under the Cygwin Bash shell, the default way
>> would be the following:
>>
>> cd /cygdrive/q
>>
>> If that works for you, then someone has done something special to make
>> /c point to the correct path while failing to do the same for all drive
>> letters.  If it doesn't work, then we'll need more information from you.
>>  Following the problem reporting guidelines would help us help you better:
>>
>> http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>>
>> -Jeremy
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thank you for you reply.
> I tried cd/cygwin/q but it said " no such file or directory"..

You have an error in the path you entered (at least in this message).
It should be /cygdrive/q rather than /cygwin/q.  Can you confirm that
you actually tried the command exactly as I sent it originally?  Copy
and paste it into your terminal to be sure:

cd /cygdrive/q

-Jeremy

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