Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 08:19:19PM +0000, J. David Boyd wrote: >>I have two windows xp pro machines. >> >>On one machine, my desktop at work, I can use a command line like: >>cd /c/xfer >>without needing cygdrive. >> >>On my laptop at home, I have to type in >>cd /cygdrive/c/xfer >> >>I don't remember ever changing anything to allow my desktop to operate >>the way it does. > > And, yet, you did. /cygdrive is (obviously?) the default. > Oh, I have no doubts that I did. I just don't remember what I did, or when. I've used cygwin on my desktop for 5 years or so, I guess, and what tweaks I did way back are lost in the haze. >>Any clues from anyone? I would like my laptop to work the same way... > > "man mount" should be pretty useful in determining how to > --change-[the]cygdrive-prefix . > Ah, thank you very much. I can see a mount as /c for the c: drive, so that must be what I did. I'll make a note this time. Have a great night, and thanks for the help. Dave -- 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/
