> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin) > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 11:53 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Mount of VSS volumes (//?/GLOBALROOT/...) does not work > > Jason Pyeron wrote: > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com [mailto:cygwin-owner > at cygwin > >> dot com] On Behalf Of Christian Franke > >> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 10:34 > >> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com > >> Subject: Re: Mount of VSS volumes (//?/GLOBALROOT/...) > does not work > >> > >> Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >>> On Nov 7 15:41, Christian Franke wrote: > >>>> The access to the path works, except the access to the > >> root dir of > >>>> the volume. It appears as a regular file which apparently ... > >>> This is still a highly unusual situation from a POSIXy > >> point of view. > >>> I'm not sure I want to slow down Cygwin for this any further. It > > > > Could this be explained please? > > The code in Cygwin to handle path conversion and > "POSIXification" is very complex and is already a performance > concern. Adding more code to this area to handle rare cases > is not in the best interest of the entire Cygwin community, > since it adds complexity and reduces performance of Cygwin as > a whole. So we shy away from making changes in this area > unless there's a definite need and an overall "win".
Hmm, could I get a primmer on where to look to understand more. I.E. which sources/functions. > > >>> seems the ability to mount a shadow volume as a dos drive is > >>> sufficient for this kind of problem, isn't it? > >>> > >> I agree. > > > > The dosdev.exe is no longer downloadable from Microsoft. > > <http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/archive/2005/10/04/477164.aspx> > > Sounds like if one couldn't find the prebuilt tool somewhere > that it's not that hard to write one. And maybe add it as a feature to mount.... -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00. -- 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/
