Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

"Stepp, Charles" wrote: > Symlink? > > ln -s /cygdrive/c /c Oh please no. If you want that just set the cygdrive prefix to / ("mount -c /"). Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation:

Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

On 6/15/06, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: Does the following do what you want? mount -u -b --change-cygdrive-prefix "/" Stepp, Charles wrote: > Symlink? > > ln -s /cygdrive/c /c No... Thanks but no. Barry and Charles, i think you're answering a different question. This

RE: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

gwin.com > Subject: Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the > old > behavior) > > Thanks for the reply. > >>> The only mention >>> of cygdrive flags in the registry that i could find was at least 3 >>> years old and got a reply to the

RE: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

Symlink? ln -s /cygdrive/c /c Charles Stepp Unix SA CYGWIN ROCKS!! -Original Message- From: kralius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:26 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior) Thanks for the

Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, kralius wrote: > On 6/13/06, Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . Thanks. > > > changed to become visible. The cygwin installer now also creates a > > > real directory on the windows file system called cygdrive, > > > > I do

Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

On 6/13/06, Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > changed to become visible. The cygwin installer now also creates a > real directory on the windows file system called cygdrive, I don't know where you got this idea but it's absolutely not true. There should never be a physical directory b

Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

kralius wrote: > changed to become visible. The cygwin installer now also creates a > real directory on the windows file system called cygdrive, I don't know where you got this idea but it's absolutely not true. There should never be a physical directory backing the cygdrive prefix, and no pack

Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

Thanks for the reply. >The only mention >of cygdrive flags in the registry that i could find was at least 3 >years old and got a reply to the effect of "don't mess with the >registry!" (*sigh*) Which apparently didn't serve as a clue? The hint was written before the always-visible cygdrive .

Re: cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 08:22:20PM -0500, kralius wrote: >I'm trying to find a way to make the cygdrive prefix directory >(default: /cygdrive) appear hidden within cygwin (for example, to ls or >find). > >This was actually the old behavior in cygwin, but at some point it >changed to become visible.

cygdrive flags / hiding cygdrive prefix directory (the old behavior)

I'm trying to find a way to make the cygdrive prefix directory (default: /cygdrive) appear hidden within cygwin (for example, to ls or find). This was actually the old behavior in cygwin, but at some point it changed to become visible. The cygwin installer now also creates a real directory on th