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RE: cygdrive
- From: "lhall at pop dot ma dot ultranet dot com" <lhall at pop dot ma dot ultranet dot com>
- To: starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk, briqueabraque at yahoo dot com, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:33:54 -0500
- Subject: RE: cygdrive
- Reply-to: lhall at rfk dot com
It's probably worth mentioning other virtual directories
like /proc and /dev too.
Larry
Original Message:
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From: David Starks-Browning starksb@ebi.ac.uk
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 10:49:45 +0000
To: briqueabraque@yahoo.com, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: cygdrive
On Wednesday 12 Feb 03, Maurício writes:
> Hi,
>
> Why can't we see /cygdrive with ls in /, and also can't see it using
> word completion in bash (i.e., typing cd /cyg and pressing tab)?
>
> Thanks,
> Maurício
I guess this belongs in the FAQ. (It's not there already?)
/cygrive is not really "there" in the sense that ls or bash need them
to be for the actions you describe. It's an internal means to access
unmounted drives. That's all.
Regards,
David
(Cygwin FAQ maintainer)
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