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Re: mount's --change-cygdrive-prefix option
- To: Jason Tishler <Jason dot Tishler at dothill dot com>, cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: mount's --change-cygdrive-prefix option
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 09:14:58 -0700 (PDT)
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
--- Jason Tishler <Jason.Tishler@dothill.com> wrote:
> I few spec level issues before I continue...
>
> There is currently no way to remove the user or system path prefix
> (except via the registry). Hence, once the user path prefix is set,
> the system path prefix can never have any effect (unless one hacks the
> registry). How should this missing functionality be realized?
>
> 1. Add a "--remove-cygdrive-prefix" to mount.
No.
> 2. Add a "--remove-cygdrive-prefix" to umount.
Yes.
> 3. Enhance mount's "--change-cygdrive-prefix" to accept a missing
> posixpath that indicates the appropriate path prefix should be
> removed.
>
Maybe.
> Additionally, there is currently no way to display the current value
> for the user and system path prefixes (except via the registry).
> Should this functionality be added to the mount display?
>
Definitely.
Now, to add my own wishes and reiterate a change I had suggested when cygdrive
came into being. Since cygdrive == unmounted and since the value of the prefix
can be modified by the user I would like to see the name of the switches
modified to reflect what it really means. I.E.: Change
--change-cygdrive-prefix to --change-unmounted-prefix or something similar.
That would make your remove switches above similar to
--remove-unmounted-prefix.
Chris, what happens to active Cygwin processes if the prefix is removed from
the registry?
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Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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