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Re: mapping root directory to SystemDrive / CurrentDrive (documentation change needed)
- From: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:12:52 -0800
- Subject: Re: mapping root directory to SystemDrive / CurrentDrive (documentation change needed)
- References: <200408021452.34000.gernot.hillier@siemens.com> <200408031317.20267.gernot.hillier@siemens.com> <20040803115006.GR31522@cygbert.vinschen.de> <200408031400.08988.gernot.hillier@siemens.com> <20040803134524.GE16002@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <cb51e2e04122710091b1e0cf5@mail.gmail.com> <20041227210241.GA885839@hpn5170>
- Reply-to: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin at gmail dot com>
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:02:41 -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> In absence of such a mount, Cygwin maps / to the root of the current
> Windows working directory (e.g. H:\ or \\computer\share)
>
> [this is the long standing behavior, see
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-08/msg00016.html]
Thanks Pierre, I see that you provided a patch on September 5:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2004-q3/msg00082.html
I take it that this formerly "undocumented" behavior is now
here to stay.
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