Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

Deepa,

First off, the single quotes were needed for invoking that command from
bash, not a batch file.  For a batch file, remove the single quotes.

Secondly, Cygwin mounts are not like Unix mounts -- they are persistent,
and they are not saved anywhere else.  In other words, you only need to
run the mount command *once*, and then, until a umount, the mount will
stay.

So, either run "mount -u -c /\" from a cmd.exe window, or "mount -u -c
'/\'" from bash (*once*), and you'll have your cygdrive prefix as "//".
	Igor

On Tue, 13 May 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:

> Thanx, Igor. Now I did a edit cygwin.bat and
> put in  mount -u -c '/\', (as u said)
>
> but the mount point is not right (with this apostrophe).
> %mount
>
> c:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> c:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> c:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> c: on /'/c type user (binmode,noumount)
>
> Played around a bit with the slashes and ', but don't seem
> to get:
>
> c: on //c type user (binmode,noumount)
>
> Could u pls. help ?
>
> Thx,
> Deepa
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 15:36:48 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
> >Subject: Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation
> >To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035@wayne.edu>
> >Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> >
> >Deepa,
> >
> >No problem, I wasn't chiding you, I was simply wondering...
> >
> >For complete instructions on using mount, with examples, see
> ><http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#MOUNT>.
> >       Igor
> >
> >On Tue, 13 May 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, it was a mistake. Now , I went to the DOS
> >> prompt, cd C:\cygwin\bin
> >> Do I  do a
> >>
> >> mount "c:\cygwin" "/"
> >>
> >> or just mount "/" ?
> >>
> >> I did the latter as u suggested, alongwith
> >> mount "/usr/lib"
> >> mount "/usr/bin"
> >> it did'nt work..
> >>
> >> Sorry for the truble :-),pls. help.
> >>
> >> thanx,
> >> regards,
> >> Deepa
> >>
> >>
> >> ---- Original message ----
> >> >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:52:36 -0400 (EDT)
> >> >From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
> >> >Subject: Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation
> >> >To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035@wayne.edu>
> >> >Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> >> >
> >> >Deepa,
> >> >
> >> >Now, what in the world possessed you to do *that*?
> >> >Run cmd.exe, cd to your cygwin bin directory (probably
> c:\cygwin\bin),
> >> >and you'll be able to run mount from there.  You will
> need at least
> >> >three mounts: "/", "/usr/bin", and "/usr/lib".
> >> >
> >> >Next time, before "umount"ing, run "mount -m
> > /bin/restore_mounts.bat".
> >> >Then you'll be able to undo your commands by simply "cd
> c:\cygwin\bin ^ restore_mounts"
> >> >       Igor
> >> >
> >> >On Tue, 13 May 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi Igor,
> >> >>
> >> >>   I did a umount -A, and I ran bash again. Now I'm not
> >> >> able to execute anything, including mount.
> >> >> What do I do ?
> >> >>
> >> >> thanx,
> >> >> Deepa
> >> >>
> >> >> ---- Original message ----
> >> >> >Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 14:00:41 -0400 (EDT)
> >> >> >From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
> >> >> >Subject: Re: Cygwin Net - Compilation
> >> >> >To: DEEPA SIVASANKARANE <aj9035@wayne.edu>
> >> >> >Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Deepa,
> >> >> >
> >> >> >See <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC54>.  You may
> also be able to
> >> >> >run the old toolset by setting your cygdrive prefix
> to "//" (the
> >> >> >obvious way, "mount -u -c //", won't work, but you can
> circumvent it by
> >> >> >using "mount -u -c '/\'") -- *NOTE that this will make
> you unable to
> >> >> >access any network share from that user account!*
> >> >> >       Igor
> >> >> >P.S. Try passing the -specs=FILE option to umsgcc --
> that should make
> >> >> >it read the specs from FILE, unless they *really*
> diverged from the gcc
> >> >> >codebase.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >On Tue, 13 May 2003, DEEPA SIVASANKARANE wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> [snip]
> >> >> >> BTW, the new syntax for drives is just /c
> or /cygdrive/c ?
> >
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