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Re: cygdrive prefix confusion
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 23:06:11 -0400 Jon LaBadie <jcyg@jgcomp.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 03:19:53PM -0700, Michael A Chase wrote:
> > On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 18:09:41 -0400 Jon LaBadie <jcyg@jgcomp.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've reset my cygdrive prefix to "/" rather than "/cygdrive".
> > > For interactive use this seems fine.
> > >
> > > However, I'm running some backup software that accesses the
> > > system from a remote server. That software does not see the
> > > windows drives as /c, /d, ... (i.e., my new prefix), but still
> > > sees them as /cygdrive/c etc. as if I did not change the prefix.
> > >
> > > Any idea why the difference?
> >
> > The output from 'cygcheck -s' would probably give you a hint.
>
> Of the 280 lines of output, I presume the ones you mean refer to
> cygdrive.
>
> $ cygcheck -s | grep -i cygdrive
> . /cygdrive user binmode,noumount
User mount points only apply to that particular user. Personally I always
use binary system mount points including cygdrive.
> Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
> Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
> Cygdrive default prefix:
>
> What clue should I have inferred from these 4 lines?
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