From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13011 invoked by alias); 25 Sep 2018 15:35:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 12996 invoked by uid 89); 25 Sep 2018 15:35:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*UA:Bat!, P.S, UD:P.S, PS X-HELO: forward103o.mail.yandex.net Received: from forward103o.mail.yandex.net (HELO forward103o.mail.yandex.net) (37.140.190.177) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:35:06 +0000 Received: from mxback1j.mail.yandex.net (mxback1j.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1619::10a]) by forward103o.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id D83765888DA6; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:35:02 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp3o.mail.yandex.net (smtp3o.mail.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:0:1a2d::27]) by mxback1j.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id W5TOcJDLZo-Z22KjWRX; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:35:02 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.ru; s=mail; t=1537889702; bh=67IWqhyfmzpQaZEkt1FexN+MeyGYtFP+owBsfFPdmWo=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:Message-ID:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=gvQHtsznFVhmVZH3ciLJteXQdSzOXkl92B31pSHFAxVawu6oDiI3xcFF4mHX8WqzG 1nNf2lzJoojmL7p66twWPDh4U9njUrhpx2Oo1rse6/tFHoT71CFk8mIr5WDyHkaZ4L KBkGHmDhI/W4Po+h2m1obvkBGIVcO4Lfv1CrfiR4= Received: by smtp3o.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id 3J01pEtSVb-Z1P42t4e; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:35:01 +0300 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.ru; s=mail; t=1537889701; bh=67IWqhyfmzpQaZEkt1FexN+MeyGYtFP+owBsfFPdmWo=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:Message-ID:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=OQ5lkCgR7Z9MDwwEku0iVvijreX95bHi+uAVLTOvHNckw3AxhSTooJF4JfEnHaVQK exubLyUP5Su2He0F53RJCqXEkXDQHZ44vc56nyR3LYSdlhCtJQi8GAkoGaYwZDa73C GuXph5iRwTUipNJ4pLiVz0q5yMVJfHcI4ki4NIRY= Authentication-Results: smtp3o.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:25:27 -0000 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:35:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <398438525.20180925182527@yandex.ru> To: "Fergus" , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Creation of weird WINDOWS-related (sub)directories In-Reply-To: <000301d454e2$c5102a20$4f307e60$@bonhard.uklinux.net> References: <000301d454e2$c5102a20$4f307e60$@bonhard.uklinux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2018-09/txt/msg00249.txt.bz2 Greetings, Fergus! >>> Just noticed: strange directory %SystemDrive% created at root of Cygwin >>> installation: >>> As in: >>> /consoleX/%SystemDrive% >> I doubt it is due to a cygwin program. >> "consoleX" does not appear in the package search >> https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi > Unintentionally I have confounded the discussion. The directory named > "consoleX" is my home-grown Cygwin root directory. > (Others' preferred locationname might be "cygwin" or "mycygwin" or > whatever.) > The directory %SystemDrive% occurs at the root of the Cygwin filesystem. > I cannot work out what activity has triggered it .. .. Any script that did not resolve environments correctly, or mangled Windows and Cygwin environment into a mess. %SystemDrive% is supposed to point to the drive of your Windows installation (f.e. "C:"). P.S. It would be very much appreciated, if you do not break threading. Either reply to the message you received, or if you subscribed to a digest, reply to your own most recent message. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Tuesday, September 25, 2018 18:22:08 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple