Can't cd into directory

[Jonathan Arnold]

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acidblue wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Arnold" 
> <jdarnold@buddydog.org>
> 
>> acidblue wrote:
>>
>>> acidblue wrote on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:18 AM:
>>>
>>>> I'm using the following syntax:
>>>> cd '/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings'
>>>> I get a " No such file or directory" message.
>>>> cygwin on WinXP installed to C:/
>>>>
>>>> I get this message no matter which directory I try to cd
>>>> into. Driving me nuts Please help.
>>>
>>> <Joerg.Schaible@Elsag-Solutions.com>
>>> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 12:26 AM
>>> Subject: RE: Can't cd into directory
>>>
>>> Please post output of
>>> mount -p
>>>
>>> Sure thing:
>>>
>>> acidblue@xpbox ~
>>> $ mount -p
>>> Prefix              Type         Flags
>>> /cygdrive           system       binmode
>>>
>>> acidblue@xpbox ~
>>> $
>>
>>
>> You should probably double check the pages found here:
>>
>> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
>>
>> in the Using Cygwin document. Probably you have a problem with
>> the mount table.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
>> Amazing Developments       http://www.buddydog.org
>>
>> I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. -
>>  William H. Mauldin
> 
> 
> oh, oh i get this error:
> 
> acidblue@xpbox ~
> $ mount -s c:\\ /c
> mount: warning - /c does not exist.

That looks fine - it is a warning that /c didn't exist, but mount will
automatically create it. Again, see the man page for mount, as well as
the page in the User's Guide:

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount

Note especially the "-f"  option, which will force mount to be silent when
creating mount directories.

-- 
Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
Amazing Developments       http://www.buddydog.org

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. -
  William H. Mauldin


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