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Re: /cygdrive/windows ?
- To: cygwin developers <cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: /cygdrive/windows ?
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 13:00:36 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
--- DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com> wrote:
>
> > As far as /boot is concerned, I like the name, but I hate polluting the
> > namespace. We've already abrogated /cygdrive, so I was thinking that
> > we should stick with that even though it doesn't make sense to refer
> > to the windows directory as a "drive".
>
> Except that the user can change "cygdrive" also. The only hard-coded
> path we use is "/dev/" so maybe you want "/dev/boot/windir" ?
>
Percisely why I suggest /boot and an internal mapping, it can't be changed
easily. I thought about /dev/boot and just chose to shorten the name, so it
would be good also.
Regards,
=====
---
Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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