On Thu, 25 May 2006, mwoehlke wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> > On 05/25/2006, mwoehlke wrote:
> > > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> > > > Take a look at the -x, -E, and -X flags of 'mount'. Perhaps these
> > > will help
> > > > you.
> > >
> > > Hmm, those are mutually contradictory... guess I'll "experiment". Out of
> > > curiosity, what are any of these expected to do?
> >
> > They are indeed mutually exclusive. See 'man mount' for an explanation of
> > the
> > flags. You might want to try -x or -X.
>
> Right, I *was* looking at the man, which is why I was confused. It
> doesn't say why this would help, though; does it somehow allow Cygwin to
> skip the fstat() call? Also, why *is* fstat() so inefficient? Can
> anything be done about it?
>
> I *am* going to play with them, if I can convince Cygwin to let me
> *un*mount the path. :-)
Just a WAG, but do take a look at the -u and -s flags to mount/umount.
Otherwise, please let us know what exact error message you're getting from
umount.
Igor
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