Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

[Diego Mesa]

Hello,

Ive seen and done as suggested on this realted question [#1] about
removing cygdrive prefix but am still unable to get ride of the
/cygdrive/c prefix, and have encountered even stranger errors!

My True directory
    :pwd
    /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
    :ls
    file1
    file2
    ...

My Fstab
    :cat /etc/fstab
    # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
    # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

    # This is default anyway:
    none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0

As a matter of fact, when I add the answer from that question, my ~
directory is no longer my actual home directory!

    :cat /etc/fstab
    # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
    # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

    # This is default anyway:
    none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
    none / cygdrive binary 0 0

    :ls
    .bashrc
    .zshrc

and those are empty/not my real ones! What can I do?


[#1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44677/how-do-i-get-rid-of-cygwins-cygdrive-prefix-in-all-paths

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Re: Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

[Warren Young]

On 10/1/2013 17:55, Diego Mesa wrote:
>      none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>      none / cygdrive binary 0 0

You should pound the first line out, or remove it from the file 
entirely.  You're trying to define two conflicting "cygdrive"s here.

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Re: Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

[Diego Mesa]

I tried removing the first line, but still appear in some no mands
land directory:

    :cat /et/fstab
    # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
    # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

    # This is default anyway:
    #none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
    none / cygdrive binary 0 0

    :pwd
    /cygdrive/c/Users/myname

    :ls -al
    .bashrc

The actual contents of C/users/myname are all of my custom files which
are not showing up here.

On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Ive seen and done as suggested on this realted question [#1] about
> removing cygdrive prefix but am still unable to get ride of the
> /cygdrive/c prefix, and have encountered even stranger errors!
>
> My True directory
>     :pwd
>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>     :ls
>     file1
>     file2
>     ...
>
> My Fstab
>     :cat /etc/fstab
>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>
>     # This is default anyway:
>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>
> As a matter of fact, when I add the answer from that question, my ~
> directory is no longer my actual home directory!
>
>     :cat /etc/fstab
>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>
>     # This is default anyway:
>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>
>     :ls
>     .bashrc
>     .zshrc
>
> and those are empty/not my real ones! What can I do?
>
>
> [#1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44677/how-do-i-get-rid-of-cygwins-cygdrive-prefix-in-all-paths

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Re: Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

[Earnie Boyd]

On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Diego Mesa wrote:
> I tried removing the first line, but still appear in some no mands
> land directory:
>
>     :cat /et/fstab
>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>

Seems the FAQ is missing the easiest method to change the /cygdrive
prefix.  To make /cygdrive simply be / all you need is the following
command.  Remove the lines you've inserted in /etc/fstab and then
execute the command.

$ mount -c /

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Re: Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

[Diego Mesa]

Hello,

I have tried as suggested in [#1] and used the mount command as
follows but it still doesnt work. However, my ~ is indeed my ~

    ~:pwd
    /cygdrive/c/Users/myname

    ~:cat /etc/fstab
    # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
    # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

    # This is default anyway:
    none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
    #none / cygdrive binary 0 0%

    ~:mount -c /

    ~:pwd
    /cygdrive/c/Users/myname


Note: for some strange reason the listserv isnt making it to my inbox.
Im checking it from: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html
and so my responses aren't showing up correctly.

[#1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html

On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried removing the first line, but still appear in some no mands
> land directory:
>
>     :cat /et/fstab
>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>
>     # This is default anyway:
>     #none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>
>     :pwd
>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>
>     :ls -al
>     .bashrc
>
> The actual contents of C/users/myname are all of my custom files which
> are not showing up here.
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Ive seen and done as suggested on this realted question [#1] about
>> removing cygdrive prefix but am still unable to get ride of the
>> /cygdrive/c prefix, and have encountered even stranger errors!
>>
>> My True directory
>>     :pwd
>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>     :ls
>>     file1
>>     file2
>>     ...
>>
>> My Fstab
>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>
>>     # This is default anyway:
>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>
>> As a matter of fact, when I add the answer from that question, my ~
>> directory is no longer my actual home directory!
>>
>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>
>>     # This is default anyway:
>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>
>>     :ls
>>     .bashrc
>>     .zshrc
>>
>> and those are empty/not my real ones! What can I do?
>>
>>
>> [#1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44677/how-do-i-get-rid-of-cygwins-cygdrive-prefix-in-all-paths

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Re: Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Diego Mesa!

> I have tried as suggested in [#1] and used the mount command as
> follows but it still doesnt work. However, my ~ is indeed my ~

For all your struggles, I think there's one point that you're missing.
For /etc/fstab changes to take effect, any and all applications using
cygwin1.dll should be stopped first.
Easiest is to restart a box.

>     ~:pwd
>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname

>     ~:cat /etc/fstab
>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table

>     # This is default anyway:
>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>     #none / cygdrive binary 0 0%

>     ~:mount -c /

>     ~:pwd
>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname


> Note: for some strange reason the listserv isnt making it to my inbox.
> Im checking it from: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html
> and so my responses aren't showing up correctly.

> [#1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html

> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I tried removing the first line, but still appear in some no mands
>> land directory:
>>
>>     :cat /et/fstab
>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>
>>     # This is default anyway:
>>     #none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>
>>     :pwd
>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>
>>     :ls -al
>>     .bashrc
>>
>> The actual contents of C/users/myname are all of my custom files which
>> are not showing up here.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Ive seen and done as suggested on this realted question [#1] about
>>> removing cygdrive prefix but am still unable to get ride of the
>>> /cygdrive/c prefix, and have encountered even stranger errors!
>>>
>>> My True directory
>>>     :pwd
>>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>>     :ls
>>>     file1
>>>     file2
>>>     ...
>>>
>>> My Fstab
>>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>
>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>
>>> As a matter of fact, when I add the answer from that question, my ~
>>> directory is no longer my actual home directory!
>>>
>>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>
>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>>
>>>     :ls
>>>     .bashrc
>>>     .zshrc
>>>
>>> and those are empty/not my real ones! What can I do?
>>>
>>>
>>> [#1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44677/how-do-i-get-rid-of-cygwins-cygdrive-prefix-in-all-paths

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Sorry for my terrible english...


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Re: Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

[Diego Mesa]

Hello!

I've tried the mount -c / command, as well as the changes in fstab
with a restart and it still doesnt work! Am I missing something?

On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote:
> Greetings, Diego Mesa!
>
>> I have tried as suggested in [#1] and used the mount command as
>> follows but it still doesnt work. However, my ~ is indeed my ~
>
> For all your struggles, I think there's one point that you're missing.
> For /etc/fstab changes to take effect, any and all applications using
> cygwin1.dll should be stopped first.
> Easiest is to restart a box.
>
>>     ~:pwd
>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>
>>     ~:cat /etc/fstab
>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>
>>     # This is default anyway:
>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>     #none / cygdrive binary 0 0%
>
>>     ~:mount -c /
>
>>     ~:pwd
>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>
>
>> Note: for some strange reason the listserv isnt making it to my inbox.
>> Im checking it from: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html
>> and so my responses aren't showing up correctly.
>
>> [#1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html
>
>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I tried removing the first line, but still appear in some no mands
>>> land directory:
>>>
>>>     :cat /et/fstab
>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>
>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>     #none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>>
>>>     :pwd
>>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>>
>>>     :ls -al
>>>     .bashrc
>>>
>>> The actual contents of C/users/myname are all of my custom files which
>>> are not showing up here.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Ive seen and done as suggested on this realted question [#1] about
>>>> removing cygdrive prefix but am still unable to get ride of the
>>>> /cygdrive/c prefix, and have encountered even stranger errors!
>>>>
>>>> My True directory
>>>>     :pwd
>>>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>>>     :ls
>>>>     file1
>>>>     file2
>>>>     ...
>>>>
>>>> My Fstab
>>>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>>
>>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>>
>>>> As a matter of fact, when I add the answer from that question, my ~
>>>> directory is no longer my actual home directory!
>>>>
>>>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>>
>>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>>>
>>>>     :ls
>>>>     .bashrc
>>>>     .zshrc
>>>>
>>>> and those are empty/not my real ones! What can I do?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [#1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44677/how-do-i-get-rid-of-cygwins-cygdrive-prefix-in-all-paths
>
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Re: Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 10/2/2013 7:45 PM, Diego Mesa wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I've tried the mount -c / command, as well as the changes in fstab
> with a restart and it still doesnt work! Am I missing something?

You appear to be expecting that you can run the command above while
you're sitting in a path under /cygdrive and that you'll somehow
magically be remapped to the new location.  It doesn't work that
way.  Try this:

cd /
mount -c /
ls /c

With that you should see the contents of your C drive.  If you
don't see that, try 'mount -p'.  From that, you should see:

Prefix              Type         Flags
/                   user         binmode

If not, you're definitely doing something wrong.  We'll need a
full problem report -> <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>

Also, keep in mind that setting the cygdrive path with the 'mount'
command is a runtime thing only.  As soon as the last Cygwin
process on your system terminates, it resets to 'cygdrive' again.
That's the reason the '/etc/fstab' method also exists.  But stick
with the above recipe until you understand what's happening and
you see results you want.  Then you can continue your experimentation
using '/etc/fstab' if you prefer.

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Re: Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

[Diego Mesa]

hello. I have tried this as well as the option mentioned by Larry in a
previous email. His option does indeed work. I've reset everything and
can now navigate my file system and correctly see my home directory
contents. What I was trying to do is permanently remove any and all
reference to a /cygdrive anywhere in my cygwin experience.
Essentially, I never want to see "cygdrive" at all. The reason for
this is to support several legacy scripts I have collected/built on a
system that had this property (not setup by me). And on a new system
Ive installed cygwin and don't want to change all of my previous
scripts. Is this possible?

Thank you for the continued help

On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I've tried the mount -c / command, as well as the changes in fstab
> with a restart and it still doesnt work! Am I missing something?
>
> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote:
>> Greetings, Diego Mesa!
>>
>>> I have tried as suggested in [#1] and used the mount command as
>>> follows but it still doesnt work. However, my ~ is indeed my ~
>>
>> For all your struggles, I think there's one point that you're missing.
>> For /etc/fstab changes to take effect, any and all applications using
>> cygwin1.dll should be stopped first.
>> Easiest is to restart a box.
>>
>>>     ~:pwd
>>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>
>>>     ~:cat /etc/fstab
>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>
>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>     #none / cygdrive binary 0 0%
>>
>>>     ~:mount -c /
>>
>>>     ~:pwd
>>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>
>>
>>> Note: for some strange reason the listserv isnt making it to my inbox.
>>> Im checking it from: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html
>>> and so my responses aren't showing up correctly.
>>
>>> [#1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I tried removing the first line, but still appear in some no mands
>>>> land directory:
>>>>
>>>>     :cat /et/fstab
>>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>>
>>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>>     #none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>>>
>>>>     :pwd
>>>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>>>
>>>>     :ls -al
>>>>     .bashrc
>>>>
>>>> The actual contents of C/users/myname are all of my custom files which
>>>> are not showing up here.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Ive seen and done as suggested on this realted question [#1] about
>>>>> removing cygdrive prefix but am still unable to get ride of the
>>>>> /cygdrive/c prefix, and have encountered even stranger errors!
>>>>>
>>>>> My True directory
>>>>>     :pwd
>>>>>     /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>>>>     :ls
>>>>>     file1
>>>>>     file2
>>>>>     ...
>>>>>
>>>>> My Fstab
>>>>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>>>
>>>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>>>
>>>>> As a matter of fact, when I add the answer from that question, my ~
>>>>> directory is no longer my actual home directory!
>>>>>
>>>>>     :cat /etc/fstab
>>>>>     # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>>>     # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>>>
>>>>>     # This is default anyway:
>>>>>     none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>>>     none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>>>>
>>>>>     :ls
>>>>>     .bashrc
>>>>>     .zshrc
>>>>>
>>>>> and those are empty/not my real ones! What can I do?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [#1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44677/how-do-i-get-rid-of-cygwins-cygdrive-prefix-in-all-paths
>>
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>> Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 03.10.2013, <03:33>
>>
>> Sorry for my terrible english...
>>

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