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Re: //c path prefix (again) with a legacy sw?
- To: Jokinen Jyke <jyke at cs dot tut dot fi>
- Subject: Re: //c path prefix (again) with a legacy sw?
- From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit at familiehaase dot de>
- Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:42:33 +0200
- CC: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Organization: convey Information Systems GmbH
- References: <200110251458.RAA25905@cs.tut.fi>
- Reply-To: "Gerrit P. Haase" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Hallo Jokinen,
2001-10-25 17:41:55, du schriebst:
> Hello all.
> I have "old" binaries compiled with version 1.1.8 and they internally
> access in one point a location starting with path //c/usr meaning
> WinPath C:\USR. Is there any configuration change which would allow me
> to use these binaries in a newer version (1.3.3)?
> What I have already tried:
> 1. Compiling the package again to no avail. It's a Modula-3 compiler from
> http://m3.polymtl.ca/m3/download. Package pm3-1.1.15-src-NT386GNU-boot.tgz
> worked quite fine in 1.1.8 but I only get strange errors (means I cannot
> correct them) in 1.3.3 (win2k pro).
What errors?
> And the package _has to be_ configured with installation path
> of "C:\some\place".
> 2. Playing with the mount command. I can setup a mount prefix of "/c" for
> the "C-drive" but not "//c".
> Is there any workaround for this other than creating a real SMB-share machine
> named "c" ?? (no that is not an option for me ;)
Gerrit
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