> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor > Sent: 03 November 2004 15:13
> On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 10:07:41PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > >Actually I change the cygdrive prefix to dev. Just seems to > make sense > >to me that C: would be /dev/c as apposed to /cygdrive/c, > which is longer > >to type. When I ls /dev I get: > > > >$ ls /dev > >c/ d/ z/ > > > >A C, D and Z drive (the Z drive is to my backup partition on > my Linux box). > > While, you are welcome to redefine /cygdrive any way you want, the unix > paradigm does not put filesystems under /dev. That is for devices. Indeed. OTOH, renaming your cygdrive prefix to "mnt" might make quite a lot of sense, even if it's not strictly the same. Kinda like having a handy automounter...... cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/