On 04 September 2007 06:45, Steve Holden wrote: > gms5002 wrote: >> Hi - I am having a problem getting mount to work in cygwin. Here is what >> I am trying to do:
>> any ideas? > > Well you could start by explaining what you think those mounts should > have done. Are you trying for the equivalent of a loopback mount? > > Remember that mount is one of the utilities that differs substantially > from its Linux/Unix counterpart. The man page starts: > mount [OPTION] [<win32path> <posixpath>] > > but it doesn't give any specifics of what a win32path is supposed to be It's a win32 (i.e. windows) path - i.e. a standard dos-style path beginning with a drive letter and a colon. The user guide has more docs than the man page: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/
