On 9/9/2010 2:27 PM, Morgan Gangwere wrote: > on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:50:08 -0500, Jeremy Bopp <4c892c60.6040...@bopp.net> > attacked their terminal with > +Actually, this function only works if the user has the default cygdrive > +prefix. This can and often *is* changed, however. Fortunately, the > +Cygwin developers have had your back on this for a very long time. Use > +the cygpath program to convert all your paths. It safely handles > +conversions both to and from POSIX for both absolute and relative paths, > +can convert to short form DOS paths (e.g C:\Progra~1\...), supports > +paths with arbitrary whitespace, can provide many well known paths such > +as the user's Desktop directory, can be run by Windows-native programs, > +and more. > > how do you change the default cygdrive path? I figured it was a set-in-stone > kindof thing.
Add something like the following line to your /etc/fstab file and restart all your Cygwin processes: none / cygdrive binary,posix=0,noacl,user 0 0 This example will set your cygdrive prefix to simply be /, so you can access the C: drive via /c/whatever. More details are available in the user guide: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table -Jeremy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
