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Re: mount --- invalid argument
- To: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: mount --- invalid argument
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 16:29:22 -0400
- References: <F234GtjS7pF4vO9rZTi00004284@hotmail.com>
- Reply-To: cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com
On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 03:25:29PM -0500, Thomas Hutto wrote:
>thomasahutto@THOMASAH ~
>$ mount
>Device Directory Type Flags
>f:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin user binmode
>f:\cygwin\lib /usr/lib user binmode
>f:\cygwin / user binmode
>c: /c user textmode
>d: /d user textmode
>e: /e user textmode
>f: /f user textmode
>g: /g user textmode
>
>thomasahutto@THOMASAH ~
>$ mount f:\proj /proj
>mount: /proj: Invalid argument
>
>can't think why f:\proj exists.
The error message is misleading. Bash interprets single backslashes as
a quoting character. So, what you're really typing is:
mount f:proj /proj
To rectify, either:
mount f:\\proj /proj
or
mount f:/proj /proj
cgf
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