On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:02:19 -0700, Andrew DeFaria <and...@defaria.com> wrote: > Vincent R. wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Is there any good reason to force user to use /cygdrive/ before >> accessing a drive ? > Considering you aren't forced to use /cygdrive/ (see mount(1m)) no... >> I am asking it because I regularly switch from cygwin to mingw and >> some simple script needs to be adapted every time. > Huh? Can't your script sense you're using Cygwin or Mingw? >> Wouldn't be easier to access directly to a drive without entering >> cygdrive? Is there any reason for that ? > What would be your proposal for a POSIX path to indicate you are now > accessing a Windows drive by letter? "/cygdrive/" is just a string > indicating this. You can change it with mount(1m). Personally I (ab)use > /dev...
Ok I see your point but I find it weird to complicate things by adding /cygdrive. Maybe some people are crazy enough to create folders with one letter at filesystem root but that's not my case so typing /c means I want to access C drive. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
