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RE: text / binary mounts (sorry)
- To: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: RE: text / binary mounts (sorry)
- From: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker at butlermfg dot com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:14:29 -0500
> >So is there anyway to have 'echo Hello>//h/junk' produce a
> 6-byte file?
>
> Yes. You use the mount command that was mentioned previously
> in this thread.
If you are referring to 'mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /cygdrive', I
tested it before I sent the original email and again after I recieved your
response. Even after doing so,
echo Hello>/cygdrive/h/junk yields 6 bytes
echo Hello>//h/junk yields 7 bytes
If, on the other hand, you are referring to something like 'mount -b H:\\
//h', it returns without error, nothing shows up in the output from 'mount',
and I still get a 7 byte file.
I even tried 'mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /' to no avail and 'mount -b
--change-cygdrive-prefix /' gave a "mount failed: Invalid argument" message.
I may just be thick-headed but I didn't get what mount command you were
referring to.
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