Thorsten Kampe wrote: > is there a way to consistently point (in a script for instance) to the > root of a removable drive (flash drive)? > > The root could be /cygdrive/g on one computer and on the other > /cygdrive/f (I have no control of the drive letters). One solution > would be to install Cygwin to \ (instead of the standard \cygwin) but > for clarity's sake I would like to keep the Cygwin stuff in a > directory of its own.
I assume you mean the root directory of the drive on which Cygwin is installed, i.e. the drive containing /: echo "root dir of / is $(cygpath "$(cygpath -m / | cut -b1-3)")" This will fail for UNC paths and so on, but you can check for that I suppose. You can use any arbitrary path in place of /, but be sure to quote as necessary. Brian -- 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/
