From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 97755 invoked by alias); 4 Feb 2017 22:51:42 -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 97741 invoked by uid 89); 4 Feb 2017 22:51:41 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=music, H*F:U*cygwin, Music, H*r:192.168.3 X-HELO: Ishtar.sc.tlinx.org Received: from ishtar.tlinx.org (HELO Ishtar.sc.tlinx.org) (173.164.175.65) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sat, 04 Feb 2017 22:51:40 +0000 Received: from [192.168.3.12] (Athenae [192.168.3.12]) by Ishtar.sc.tlinx.org (8.14.7/8.14.4/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id v14MpaYD078220 for ; Sat, 4 Feb 2017 14:51:38 -0800 Message-ID: <58965AF8.2040007@tlinx.org> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2017 22:51:00 -0000 From: "L. A. Walsh" User-Agent: Thunderbird MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Is it OK to mount cygdrive on / ? (usually, but may not be as portable). References: <45557206.20170204173939@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <45557206.20170204173939@yandex.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-02/txt/msg00064.txt.bz2 Andrey Repin wrote: > Accessing drive letters directly from inside Cygwin is often > considered a grey area. ---- How is it grey? > Too much may happen on this border. You have to clearly understand, how Cygwin interact with other system, to avoid issues. > ---- I.e. if you think you may have programs that also want to use /bin /usr, /sbin, /lib /etc, there could be conflicts. > If you want to access Windows path, recommended route lies through the use of > cygpath utility to convert native paths to the Cygwin scheme. Et vice versa. > I wouldn't recommend that -- it's too hard to type: /> ls -d $(cygpath S:\Music\Anime) ls: cannot access S:MusicAnime: No such file or directory /> ls -d $(cygpath 'S:\Music\Anime') /s/Music/Anime/ ...(vs.) /> ls -d /s/Music/Anime /s/Music/Anime/ -or- ls -d $(cygpath \\ishtar\Music) ls: cannot access /ishtarMusic: No such file or directory /> ls -d $(cygpath '\\ishtar\Music') //ishtar/Music/ --- Much easier just to type "//hostname/Share". -- 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