From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>
To: Martin Wege <martin.l.wege@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Find free drive letter in Cygwin?
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 12:43:44 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8e62adb7-34b8-2d54-91f5-4f63cfd9d3fe@Shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANH4o6NwvX30K=X_06vh0w5MYCPgcRXZKJL91aX1UbnWsAJe4Q@mail.gmail.com>
On 2023-08-07 10:52, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote:
> What is the official cygwin way to find a free drive letter, which can
> be used in a script to mount a drive?
Just use the Windows UNC network path directly on Cygwin with '/' not '\'.
For Windows, it may still be NET USE * \\... but have not used it in decades!
Cygwin should pick it up and automount it under /proc/cygdrive/?/ but see
disclaimer above.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-07 18:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-07 16:52 Martin Wege
2023-08-07 18:43 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2023-08-07 21:17 ` Martin Wege
2023-09-15 13:00 ` Andrey Repin
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