On Apr 19 23:25, Brian Dessent wrote: > I have attached a patch to the documentation that clarifies these two > locations. I ask that those that know more about Cygwin than I review > the change to make sure I didn't say anything misleading. > > Brian > > [1] http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table > > "The mapping is stored in the current user's Cygwin mount table in the > Windows registry so that the information will be retrieved next time the > user logs in. Because it is sometimes desirable to have system-wide as > well as user-specific mounts, there is also a system-wide mount table > that all Cygwin users inherit. " > > [2] http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount > > "Note that if you set a new prefix in this manner, you can specify the > -s flag to make this the system-wide default prefix. By default, the > cygdrive-prefix applies only to the system-wide setting. You can always > see the user and system cygdrive prefixes with the -p option. "
Looks good to me. However, please send patches to cygwin-patches and add a ChangeLog entry. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
