According to http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2007-05/msg00359.html http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-patches/2006-q4/msg00008.html Cygwin includes support to mount a //?/GLOBALROOT/... path
But it does not work for me (Tested on XP SP2 with 'vshadow -wait C:' running): Cygwin 1.7.0-31: # mount '//?/GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1' /tmp/vss1 # mount C:OBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1 on /tmp/vss1 type unknown ... Cygwin 1.5.25-15: # mount '//?/GLOBALROOT/Device/HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1' /tmp/vss1 mount: /tmp/vss1: Invalid argument Same when using '\' instead of '/'. Workaround: Map VSS volume to a drive letter X: (http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/archive/2006/09/18/761515.aspx) Christian -- 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/
