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| author | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2005-03-06 05:46:54 +0300 |
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| committer | Christopher Faylor <me@cgf.cx> | 2005-03-06 05:46:54 +0300 |
| commit | 57a64c15da30be80bb7c9cec0f040fa720cd60f4 (patch) | |
| tree | a542eec0e4b33d37f344e2559ee35e2c2906392b /winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml | |
| parent | 3016669b4b99c161cd0a8c83e2607627f2aeabbb (diff) | |
* pathnames.sgml: Clarify binmode/textmode behavior slightly.
* textbinary.sgml: Ditto.
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index fe9133901..4447a0cf1 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ make it be the <filename>/disk2</filename> directory).</para> the existance of a single unified POSIX file system structure, Cygwin maintains a special internal POSIX view of the Win32 file system that allows these programs to successfully run under Windows. Cygwin -uses this mapping to translate between Win32 and POSIX paths as +uses this mapping to translate from POSIX to Win32 paths as necessary.</para> </sect2> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ information will be retrieved next time the user logs in. Because it is sometimes desirable to have system-wide as well as user-specific mounts, there is also a system-wide mount table that all Cygwin users inherit. The system-wide table may only be modified by a user with -the appropriate priviledges (Administrator priviledges in Windows +the appropriate privileges (Administrator privileges in Windows NT).</para> <para>The current user's table is located under @@ -56,11 +56,15 @@ Without a <filename>/</filename> mount, Cygwin processes cannot distinguish between the Windows CurrentDrive and SystemDrive. </para> -<para>Whenever Cygwin generates a POSIX path from a Win32 one, it uses +<para>Whenever Cygwin generates a Win32 path from a POSIX one, it uses the longest matching prefix in the mount table. Thus, if <filename>C:</filename> is mounted as <filename>/c</filename> and also as <filename>/</filename>, then Cygwin would translate -<filename>C:/foo/bar</filename> to <filename>/c/foo/bar</filename>.</para> +<filename>C:/foo/bar</filename> to <filename>/c/foo/bar</filename>. +This translation is normally only used when trying to derive the +POSIX equivalent current directory. Otherwise, the handling of MS-DOS +filenames bypasses the mount table. +</para> <para>Invoking <command>mount</command> without any arguments displays Cygwin's current set of mount points. |