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Re: cygdrive confusing (was Re: new cygwin.dll (was Re: Make problems))
- To: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
- Subject: Re: cygdrive confusing (was Re: new cygwin.dll (was Re: Make problems))
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 10:54:26 -0400
- Cc: cygwin developers <cygwin-developers@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- References: <19990616115714.13831.rocketmail@web116.yahoomail.com>
On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 04:57:14AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>--- Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> wrote:
>> I'm not sure why you think this should be empty. The value of "cygdrive
>> prefix" is used for drives which do not have corresponding mount table
>> entries. That means if you want to access the foo directory on your q:
>> drive you use:
>>
>> /cygdrive/q/foo
>>
>
>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?
You can do this if you want. Personally, I like "cygdrive" since that is more
descriptive, and it is not an English word so it is unlikely to be used.
Perhaps if I understood the confusion I would be more amenable to the proposal
but I have to confess that I don't.
cgf