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Re: mssing packages for cygwin
- From: Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 17:51:00 -0700
- Subject: Re: mssing packages for cygwin
- References: <BAY22-F421DD224C437E5B0A56408B1F0@phx.gbl>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Tom Lee wrote:
> For postx-like behavior, I find that djgpp mv.exe allows me to run
> mv *.txt /my/directory/ or mv *.txt c:/my/directory/
> in the c drive
>
> while cygwin have to use:
> mv *.txt /cygdrive/c/my/directory/
>
> do you think ignoring /cygdrive/c would be an advantage to reduce the
> typing?
Please read the mount man page. If "cygdrive" bothers you, set it to
whatever you want, e.g. "mount -c /". Then you can do "mv *.txt
/c/my/directory".
Brian
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