running "mount --change-cygdrive-prefix /" will make all your drives be subdirectories of "/" instead of "/cygdrive".
there is plenty about this if you search on google. I also suggest reading the cygwin faq from top to bottom - you'll find useful stuff that you weren't even looking for. Rob. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Bowsher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scott Purcell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:11 PM Subject: Re: Save typing /cygdrive/c? > Scott Purcell wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I hope I am not asking pre-posted question. But I love the cygwin > > product. It makes life nice. But I am tiring a little of always > > typing: > > /cygdrive/c everytime I want to start at c: > > > > eg: > > cp fun.class /cygdrive/c/make_lr/updates/. > > > > Is there a way to do something so I can type the above but simpler. > > cp fun.class /make_lr/updates/. > > > > ?? > > I apologize if this is a fundamental question, but my hands are > > getting tired and I am having trouble finding the answer to this. > > How about: > > $ ln -s /cygdrive/c /c > > > Max. > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
