1.7.9(0.237/5/3): not seeing some Windows files

Nisha kitatake@gmail.com
Fri Sep 16 05:33:00 GMT 2011


They didn't choose to make them inaccesiable you just have to know
how, try doing:

Fri Sep 16 ~
$ cd /cygdrive/c/Windows/Sysnative

You'll find all your files are there.

Nisha

On 16 September 2011 07:02, Robert Perlberg <perl@creativegroup.tv> wrote:
> Very interesting.  Thank you for that information.  My goal here is to run
> ntbackup via ssh.  Based on this information I copied ntbackup.exe to
> another folder that does not get redirected and I can invoke it from there
> via ssh.  It seems to run fine, so I question why Microsoft chose to make it
> inaccessible to 32 bit apps.  My concern is that now I have to keep track of
> when ntbackup.exe gets updated and update the copy.
>
> On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Greg Chicares wrote:
>
> On 2011-09-14 21:35Z, Robert Perlberg wrote:
>>
>> Microsoft Windows XP
>> Professional x64 Edition
>> Version 2003
>> Service Pack 2
>
> [and some files in C:\WINDOWS\system32 aren't seen by 'ls']
>
> Perhaps some files are "hidden" as described here:
>  http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-01/msg00444.html
>
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