/cygdrive/c ==> //c
David T-G
davidtg-cygwin@justpickone.org
Sat May 11 14:00:00 GMT 2002
Larry, et al --
...and then Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) said...
%
% At 10:17 AM 5/10/2002, David T-G wrote:
% >
% >I enjoyed being able to cd to //<driveletter>/<path> and was somewhat
...
% >to // (I can now change to /c/tmp or /d/data). Is there any way to get
% >back the double-slash behavior?
...
%
% No. Your best bet is to stick with the /<driveletter>/<path> alternative,
% if you don't like the "cygdrive" (or some other prefix). "//" is generally
It's just too long :-)
% a bad choice for Windows anyway since that's the key to indicate network
% paths via UNC. A mistyped local drive access using the "//" notation can
Ah, I get it. I didn't realize that // was now mapped as \\, though I
suppose that makes some sense. You see, I've only downloaded the cygwin
kit back at b.19 or b.20 (though I did update to .1 later) and at one
of the first setup.exe releases...
% cause lengthy delays... and frequent posts to this list complaining about
% performance! ;-)
Yeah, I can imagine :-) I experienced the same thing and figured it was
an error in the prefix rather than a network search, so I'm fortunate to
have not asked the same thing myself!
%
% There's no reason to be mucking around the registry either to make any of
% these kinds of changes. That's why the mount command exists.
Hmmm... Maybe I'll look into that, then! [*sigh* as soon as I find the
cygintl dll, apparently...]
Anyone want to break the suspense and tell me how it's useful to me?
Thanks & HAND
:-D
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