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Issuing commands at the command prompt
- From: Fergus <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
- To: Cygwin ML <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: Fergus <fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:21:39 +0000
- Subject: Issuing commands at the command prompt
It is sometimes convenient to issue Cygwin commands at the Windows
command prompt, without all the accompanying paraphernalia of formal
setup, installation, mounting, etc. There are lots of examples (cat,
diff, grep, md5sum, find, cmp, joe). As well as being convenient, it is
easy, as long as all required .dll's are co-located with the .exe's, and
the directory added to the Windows path.
The "mount" command is included in this useful list. In [1.5] you can
type "mount -c /" at the command prompt, providing a nice shorthand to
access different drives. (Actually "mount -buc /".) In [1.7] the command
generates no error message but in fact fails*, the cygdrive prefix
remaining unaltered. I know the mount conventions in [1.5] and [1.7] are
very different but is there any reason in principle why this could not
be made to work in [1.7] as it does in [1.5]?
*It works directly, if prefaced by the command bash to induce a bash
shell, but this significantly detracts from its immediacy and therefore
usefulness.
Fergus
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