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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-09-21 01:23:17 +0400 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2001-09-21 01:23:17 +0400 |
| commit | 24f19d84e031cf49f4b0552b5afdfe7aedb03129 (patch) | |
| tree | 0e942e91b32b4c0948a9e8a48eb016a16b17d6e4 | |
| parent | c50d56bc43deb5299e5e0602a4500aa035d47427 (diff) | |
New entry "Why doesn't //c (for C:) work anymore?"
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo index 517b40a69..7161d4865 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo @@ -1,5 +1,14 @@ @section Using Cygwin +@subsection Why doesn't //c (for C:) work anymore? + +(Similarly for any drive letter, e.g. @code{//z} for @code{Z:}) + +This ``feature'' has long been deprecated, and no longer works at all +in the latest release. For a detailed discussion of why this change +was made, and how deal with it now, refer to +@file{http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-09/msg00014.html}. + @subsection How should I set my PATH? This is done for you in the file /etc/profile, which is sourced by bash |