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Re: Added some interesting functionality to my cygwin sandbox


On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 06:43:03PM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.) wrote:
> Seems to me that we're trying too hard to accommodate both worlds
> in this discussion.  The real goal is to get better UNIX support.  This
> contradicts Win32isms.  If it didn't, we wouldn't need this effort.  All
> the paths in question are easily accessible via POSIX paths, so there is
> no need to try to accommodate those who would use Win32-like paths and 
> expect
> them to act as such.  The concession one must accept to use this option
> is POSIX paths.  So I say just make a clean break and let it go at that.
> Of course, there will be those who try, fail, and complain.  But part of
> this work includes the proper FAQ entries that we can all reference in
> response, right? ;-)

No DOS paths at all if cwd is below one of these mount points?
Yes, why not?  Whoever is using this mount flag had to think already
about the consequences.

Corinna

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