From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ot1-x32e.google.com (mail-ot1-x32e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::32e]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81D733858D37 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2023 21:17:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 81D733858D37 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-ot1-x32e.google.com with SMTP id 46e09a7af769-6bd046bfcf3so57532a34.2 for ; Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:17:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20221208; t=1691443075; x=1692047875; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=EO2WjJTJByIEgV67GNDUvac734h0Ht9oz4To/0ejsxk=; b=Qes4oEhzrwuna6o0m7o9NRJJS5Y64iUEm7Uw0spaktfyp2O+Ju1/vifvCaWL74ZhzT 6rYUSDTWaHqsEnasdOG8gjXB8C+BwcwgWhzEAo2pZiEReEyAi62Yghid7YngG2/57rsi EvBENm0r7Oe9DxKJYTEhgOt0uI38aOH3xgFi7MeT2fF0/7wV71b0fnW2VfXYVG+PY184 IXH2xnotipQepZLKKDGZoOFst/MUR0Sz8srMrDHSHHCqh7va6k7tCtxgiqlbEKWrfk/q Om/znOEGxopbWkRZuyTaQ+nJiw+BEspFJofhzKMPgKli6Hk+4wDofLMdKrWUAwDvqN3C 3wwQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1691443075; x=1692047875; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=EO2WjJTJByIEgV67GNDUvac734h0Ht9oz4To/0ejsxk=; b=V1XQkdvKa2Ikt2rvU3rXMwIfQCAjbGSNVIWNrdaQsG26MXkkDueOUnr+G2f3Q8lHcp 1uRlGIMiJbMVU1wNVm2Uy2SSGIwmtUlYKceIiCnTtWNgzLafJteDvwooP/qNGCSRNXsf DW98PoPc6d8ZU334JngDolhPwWMfSsV0NeTdwTZbLxbPd/jX1gPmLnXVH5KBIs7WAUlM i5jZiHWQ2BhhBU4bqnbt9jvOcg6LdQvyRsBQAxXlksDRxXzDRojGLcod77btuM3RsQnt 04Sv7/wilaBozQl5FplVNOfZ31TWn5p2sjCnmOqNu2rKjHViaqI7a1AIqYnYmCM/TerH YcIw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyQATCpZdCOc20mudkZPUrKQSVMS8F6DZoBhr9bE2X1MtcJ9KNt /nbwMHTnip3s10dU7PGAg97pqBctoufkYUfrcj1FxIFV X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEiU3xC8LsJsNSO/x0hPGAQoVypM44jNGABBv35DuQwFD5HZSNelCU8vIjRoKwCls2rMyrb4nVbQWWLvJ+6ScU= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6870:d1c1:b0:1bf:32bf:1913 with SMTP id b1-20020a056870d1c100b001bf32bf1913mr14005364oac.43.1691443075590; Mon, 07 Aug 2023 14:17:55 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8e62adb7-34b8-2d54-91f5-4f63cfd9d3fe@Shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <8e62adb7-34b8-2d54-91f5-4f63cfd9d3fe@Shaw.ca> From: Martin Wege Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 23:17:44 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Find free drive letter in Cygwin? To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 8:43=E2=80=AFPM Brian Inglis = wrote: > > 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 deca= des! > > Cygwin should pick it up and automount it under /proc/cygdrive/?/ but see > disclaimer above. So it would be a valid solution in bash to loop from a-z in /proc/cygdrive/$letter/ and see whether this is a dir, right? Thanks, Martin