* Re: pwd command output
@ 1999-09-30 9:30 Earnie Boyd
1999-09-30 11:50 ` Chris Faylor
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From: Earnie Boyd @ 1999-09-30 9:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cesare Giuliani, cygwin
--- Cesare Giuliani <giulianc@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using the 19990922 snapshot and I noticed that running the
> pwd command inside the bash I got the following outputs:
>
> / if I am on the C: drive
> /cygdrive/d if I am on the D: drive
> /cygdrive/e if I am on the E: drive
>
That would be one of the changes.
> and so on....
>
> This behaviour is different from the one I got using the original
> Beta 20.1 version. Should it work this way or is something that
> need to be fixed?
> Is it configurable (e.g., can I get "d:/" as output instead
> of "/cygdrive/d")?
Not d:/ but you could get /d/ if you `mount d:\\ /d'.
BTW, I'm thinking that the cygdrive text is stored in the registry and could be
changed to what you want. I can't verify that at this time but you could look
using RegEdit. The /cygdrive/ was added to change the // due to problems with
Win32 thinking it was referencing a network drive. It could have just as well
have been made an error if the drive isn't mounted rather than defaulting to
anything at all.
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-09-30 9:30 pwd command output Earnie Boyd
@ 1999-09-30 11:50 ` Chris Faylor
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Chris Faylor
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Earnie Boyd
1999-10-01 0:28 ` Keith Starsmeare
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From: Chris Faylor @ 1999-09-30 11:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: Cesare Giuliani
On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 09:31:10AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>> I am using the 19990922 snapshot and I noticed that running the
>> pwd command inside the bash I got the following outputs:
>>
>> / if I am on the C: drive
>> /cygdrive/d if I am on the D: drive
>> /cygdrive/e if I am on the E: drive
>
>BTW, I'm thinking that the cygdrive text is stored in the registry and could be
>changed to what you want. I can't verify that at this time but you could look
>using RegEdit. The /cygdrive/ was added to change the // due to problems with
>Win32 thinking it was referencing a network drive. It could have just as well
>have been made an error if the drive isn't mounted rather than defaulting to
>anything at all.
If you use the mount.exe that comes with the snapshot (read the instructions
at the top of the download web page) then you can change the /cygdrive to
something else using mount.
I always *strongly* discourage people from mucking with the registry when
there are standard programs available to provide this.
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-Cygwin Manager
-Cygnus Solutions
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-09-30 9:30 pwd command output Earnie Boyd
1999-09-30 11:50 ` Chris Faylor
@ 1999-09-30 23:42 ` Earnie Boyd
1999-10-01 0:28 ` Keith Starsmeare
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From: Earnie Boyd @ 1999-09-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cesare Giuliani, cygwin
--- Cesare Giuliani <giulianc@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using the 19990922 snapshot and I noticed that running the
> pwd command inside the bash I got the following outputs:
>
> / if I am on the C: drive
> /cygdrive/d if I am on the D: drive
> /cygdrive/e if I am on the E: drive
>
That would be one of the changes.
> and so on....
>
> This behaviour is different from the one I got using the original
> Beta 20.1 version. Should it work this way or is something that
> need to be fixed?
> Is it configurable (e.g., can I get "d:/" as output instead
> of "/cygdrive/d")?
Not d:/ but you could get /d/ if you `mount d:\\ /d'.
BTW, I'm thinking that the cygdrive text is stored in the registry and could be
changed to what you want. I can't verify that at this time but you could look
using RegEdit. The /cygdrive/ was added to change the // due to problems with
Win32 thinking it was referencing a network drive. It could have just as well
have been made an error if the drive isn't mounted rather than defaulting to
anything at all.
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-09-30 11:50 ` Chris Faylor
@ 1999-09-30 23:42 ` Chris Faylor
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From: Chris Faylor @ 1999-09-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin; +Cc: Cesare Giuliani
On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 09:31:10AM -0700, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>> I am using the 19990922 snapshot and I noticed that running the
>> pwd command inside the bash I got the following outputs:
>>
>> / if I am on the C: drive
>> /cygdrive/d if I am on the D: drive
>> /cygdrive/e if I am on the E: drive
>
>BTW, I'm thinking that the cygdrive text is stored in the registry and could be
>changed to what you want. I can't verify that at this time but you could look
>using RegEdit. The /cygdrive/ was added to change the // due to problems with
>Win32 thinking it was referencing a network drive. It could have just as well
>have been made an error if the drive isn't mounted rather than defaulting to
>anything at all.
If you use the mount.exe that comes with the snapshot (read the instructions
at the top of the download web page) then you can change the /cygdrive to
something else using mount.
I always *strongly* discourage people from mucking with the registry when
there are standard programs available to provide this.
-Chris Faylor
-Cygwin Manager
-Cygnus Solutions
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-09-30 9:30 pwd command output Earnie Boyd
1999-09-30 11:50 ` Chris Faylor
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Earnie Boyd
@ 1999-10-01 0:28 ` Keith Starsmeare
1999-10-01 2:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
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From: Keith Starsmeare @ 1999-10-01 0:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> BTW, I'm thinking that the cygdrive text is stored in the registry and could be
> changed to what you want. I can't verify that at this time but you could look
> using RegEdit. The /cygdrive/ was added to change the // due to problems with
> Win32 thinking it was referencing a network drive. It could have just as well
> have been made an error if the drive isn't mounted rather than defaulting to
> anything at all.
Why have the drives been mapped under "cygdrive" - that's quite a
confusing name as it's referring to the DOS or Window's drives! Why not
mount them on /dev (in the Unix style) instead?
Keith
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-10-01 0:28 ` Keith Starsmeare
@ 1999-10-01 2:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
1999-10-31 19:54 ` Corinna Vinschen
1999-10-01 5:01 ` Chris Faylor
1999-10-31 19:54 ` Keith Starsmeare
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-10-01 2:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Keith Starsmeare; +Cc: cygwin
Keith Starsmeare wrote:
> [...]
> Why have the drives been mapped under "cygdrive" - that's quite a
> confusing name as it's referring to the DOS or Window's drives! Why not
> mount them on /dev (in the Unix style) instead?
Think twice.
The /dev directory contains devices, not file systems.
Regards,
Corinna
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-10-01 0:28 ` Keith Starsmeare
1999-10-01 2:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 1999-10-01 5:01 ` Chris Faylor
1999-10-31 19:54 ` Chris Faylor
1999-10-31 19:54 ` Keith Starsmeare
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From: Chris Faylor @ 1999-10-01 5:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Keith Starsmeare; +Cc: cygwin
On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 08:28:31AM +0100, Keith Starsmeare wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
>> BTW, I'm thinking that the cygdrive text is stored in the registry and could be
>> changed to what you want. I can't verify that at this time but you could look
>> using RegEdit. The /cygdrive/ was added to change the // due to problems with
>> Win32 thinking it was referencing a network drive. It could have just as well
>> have been made an error if the drive isn't mounted rather than defaulting to
>> anything at all.
>
>Why have the drives been mapped under "cygdrive" - that's quite a
>confusing name as it's referring to the DOS or Window's drives! Why not
>mount them on /dev (in the Unix style) instead?
Because that is not what /dev is used for on UNIX. For instance, you
don't do "ls /dev/a" to get a directory under UNIX. You also don't do
something like "cd /dev/fd0" to change your directory there.
If you don't like the "/cygdrive" name you can change it.
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-10-01 0:28 ` Keith Starsmeare
1999-10-01 2:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
1999-10-01 5:01 ` Chris Faylor
@ 1999-10-31 19:54 ` Keith Starsmeare
2 siblings, 0 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Keith Starsmeare @ 1999-10-31 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> BTW, I'm thinking that the cygdrive text is stored in the registry and could be
> changed to what you want. I can't verify that at this time but you could look
> using RegEdit. The /cygdrive/ was added to change the // due to problems with
> Win32 thinking it was referencing a network drive. It could have just as well
> have been made an error if the drive isn't mounted rather than defaulting to
> anything at all.
Why have the drives been mapped under "cygdrive" - that's quite a
confusing name as it's referring to the DOS or Window's drives! Why not
mount them on /dev (in the Unix style) instead?
Keith
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-10-01 2:34 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 1999-10-31 19:54 ` Corinna Vinschen
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-10-31 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Keith Starsmeare; +Cc: cygwin
Keith Starsmeare wrote:
> [...]
> Why have the drives been mapped under "cygdrive" - that's quite a
> confusing name as it's referring to the DOS or Window's drives! Why not
> mount them on /dev (in the Unix style) instead?
Think twice.
The /dev directory contains devices, not file systems.
Regards,
Corinna
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-10-01 5:01 ` Chris Faylor
@ 1999-10-31 19:54 ` Chris Faylor
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From: Chris Faylor @ 1999-10-31 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Keith Starsmeare; +Cc: cygwin
On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 08:28:31AM +0100, Keith Starsmeare wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
>> BTW, I'm thinking that the cygdrive text is stored in the registry and could be
>> changed to what you want. I can't verify that at this time but you could look
>> using RegEdit. The /cygdrive/ was added to change the // due to problems with
>> Win32 thinking it was referencing a network drive. It could have just as well
>> have been made an error if the drive isn't mounted rather than defaulting to
>> anything at all.
>
>Why have the drives been mapped under "cygdrive" - that's quite a
>confusing name as it's referring to the DOS or Window's drives! Why not
>mount them on /dev (in the Unix style) instead?
Because that is not what /dev is used for on UNIX. For instance, you
don't do "ls /dev/a" to get a directory under UNIX. You also don't do
something like "cd /dev/fd0" to change your directory there.
If you don't like the "/cygdrive" name you can change it.
-Chris Faylor
-Cygwin Manager
-Cygnus Solutions
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* pwd command output
1999-09-30 9:06 Cesare Giuliani
1999-09-30 9:15 ` M. R. Brown
@ 1999-09-30 23:42 ` Cesare Giuliani
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From: Cesare Giuliani @ 1999-09-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Hello,
I am using the 19990922 snapshot and I noticed that running the
pwd command inside the bash I got the following outputs:
/ if I am on the C: drive
/cygdrive/d if I am on the D: drive
/cygdrive/e if I am on the E: drive
and so on....
This behaviour is different from the one I got using the original
Beta 20.1 version. Should it work this way or is something that
need to be fixed?
Is it configurable (e.g., can I get "d:/" as output instead
of "/cygdrive/d")?
Thanks,
Cesare
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-09-30 9:15 ` M. R. Brown
@ 1999-09-30 23:42 ` M. R. Brown
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From: M. R. Brown @ 1999-09-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cesare Giuliani; +Cc: cygwin
If you look in the registry under `HKCU\Software\Cygnus Solutions' you'll
notice that the snapshot cygwin1.dll has created a new mount scheme. It's
obvious that this is something going into the next beta release of cygwin
and _not_ a bug. My advice: stick with cygwin B20.1 unless you're an
active developer of cygwin. As an answer to your second question, try
using mount to play wtih your mount points. Please refer to the archives
or cygwin's main site for more info on snapshots :)
Marcus
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Cesare Giuliani wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using the 19990922 snapshot and I noticed that running the
> pwd command inside the bash I got the following outputs:
>
> / if I am on the C: drive
> /cygdrive/d if I am on the D: drive
> /cygdrive/e if I am on the E: drive
>
> and so on....
>
> This behaviour is different from the one I got using the original
> Beta 20.1 version. Should it work this way or is something that
> need to be fixed?
> Is it configurable (e.g., can I get "d:/" as output instead
> of "/cygdrive/d")?
>
> Thanks,
> Cesare
>
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* Re: pwd command output
1999-09-30 9:06 Cesare Giuliani
@ 1999-09-30 9:15 ` M. R. Brown
1999-09-30 23:42 ` M. R. Brown
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Cesare Giuliani
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From: M. R. Brown @ 1999-09-30 9:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Cesare Giuliani; +Cc: cygwin
If you look in the registry under `HKCU\Software\Cygnus Solutions' you'll
notice that the snapshot cygwin1.dll has created a new mount scheme. It's
obvious that this is something going into the next beta release of cygwin
and _not_ a bug. My advice: stick with cygwin B20.1 unless you're an
active developer of cygwin. As an answer to your second question, try
using mount to play wtih your mount points. Please refer to the archives
or cygwin's main site for more info on snapshots :)
Marcus
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Cesare Giuliani wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using the 19990922 snapshot and I noticed that running the
> pwd command inside the bash I got the following outputs:
>
> / if I am on the C: drive
> /cygdrive/d if I am on the D: drive
> /cygdrive/e if I am on the E: drive
>
> and so on....
>
> This behaviour is different from the one I got using the original
> Beta 20.1 version. Should it work this way or is something that
> need to be fixed?
> Is it configurable (e.g., can I get "d:/" as output instead
> of "/cygdrive/d")?
>
> Thanks,
> Cesare
>
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* pwd command output
@ 1999-09-30 9:06 Cesare Giuliani
1999-09-30 9:15 ` M. R. Brown
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Cesare Giuliani
0 siblings, 2 replies; 14+ messages in thread
From: Cesare Giuliani @ 1999-09-30 9:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
Hello,
I am using the 19990922 snapshot and I noticed that running the
pwd command inside the bash I got the following outputs:
/ if I am on the C: drive
/cygdrive/d if I am on the D: drive
/cygdrive/e if I am on the E: drive
and so on....
This behaviour is different from the one I got using the original
Beta 20.1 version. Should it work this way or is something that
need to be fixed?
Is it configurable (e.g., can I get "d:/" as output instead
of "/cygdrive/d")?
Thanks,
Cesare
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