On 2/3/2017 4:09 PM, Rustam wrote: > I've added an extra / mountpoint in /etc/fstab in order to be able to > access C: without /cygdrive like this: > > none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0 > none / cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0 > > It seems to work, I can access the C: drive with just /c. > > But normally an "ls /cygdrive" should list the drives, whereas "ls /" > lists the contents of the Cygwin root. So it seems there are now two > root mountpoints overlaying each other. > > So I was wondering if my approach is if this is technically undefined > behavior and might conceivably break something or is it OK (less the > drive listing limitation mentioned above). >
I've used the / as /cygdrive since the beginning of /cygdrive. The issue you see is the fact that Cygwin doesn't require a physical directory to mount as Linux and friends do. If you want to see them then you simply create a physical empty directory in the Cygwin root directory. I do find it interesting that the mount also changes the output of `ls /proc/cygdrive/` but that is a different issue. Another method to see which drive letters are available is to simply type mount at the command prompt. -- cyg Simple -- 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
