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Re: /cygdrive/c ==> //c
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- To: David T-G <davidtg-cygwin at justpickone dot org>, "CygWin Users' List" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 10:37:23 -0400
- Subject: Re: /cygdrive/c ==> //c
At 10:17 AM 5/10/2002, David T-G wrote:
>Hi, all --
>
>I enjoyed being able to cd to //<driveletter>/<path> and was somewhat
>disappointed when that changed to /cygdrive/<driveletter>/<path> and
>still haven't gotten quite used to it. I was quite happy to find the
>registry key that sets the cygdrive prefix but can't seem to put it back
>to // (I can now change to /c/tmp or /d/data). Is there any way to get
>back the double-slash behavior?
>
>
>TIA & HAND
No. Your best bet is to stick with the /<driveletter>/<path> alternative,
if you don't like the "cygdrive" (or some other prefix). "//" is generally
a bad choice for Windows anyway since that's the key to indicate network
paths via UNC. A mistyped local drive access using the "//" notation can
cause lengthy delays... and frequent posts to this list complaining about
performance! ;-)
There's no reason to be mucking around the registry either to make any of
these kinds of changes. That's why the mount command exists.
Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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