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Re: [?@yahoo.com: Found problem of floppy drive acces]
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:53:26 -0500
- Subject: Re: [?@yahoo.com: Found problem of floppy drive acces]
- References: <20041217172257.GB442@fiji.reservoir.com> <NUTMEGj9L6alYuhGJdO0000088e@NUTMEG.CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <20050102184519.GA400591@mind>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Sun, Jan 02, 2005 at 11:45:19AM -0700, Tom Hall wrote:
>Since this problem appears to be the result of a bug in Windows, and I
>don't use my floppy too much, I've come up with a Windows-level hack
>that makes the problem more tolerable for me on Windows 98 until the
>proper Cygwin solution is found. This "works" for both find and df.
>
>Add this line somewhere above where bash is called in CYGWIN.BAT :
>
> subst a: c:
>
>When I really want to use the floppy:
>
> subst a: /d
> [use the floppy]
> subst a: c:
>
>This assumes that c:\windows\command is in my path.
Of course, the other option is just to update your findutils...
cgf
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