At 11:54 AM 10/29/2004, you wrote: >On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 04:41:58PM +0100, Colin JN Breame wrote: >>Says here <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg00373.html> that: >> >>Starting with version 1.5.0, Cygwin provides a special "managed" mount >>mode that encodes, among other things, special names (including "aux") >>so that they can be used in Cygwin. >> >>Is this something I can "activate" ?? > >Nah, we only mention stuff like this to basically confound users to get >them to send more email to the cygwin mailing list without actually >clicking on the referenced links or doing any basic research on the >topic.
That means you should at least try simple things like 'man mount' to find more information. Be aware that this only works for files that Cygwin sees and only in a new directory. You cannot make an existing directory managed. Names are "garbled" to Windows programs. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/