Welcome to mirror list, hosted at ThFree Co, Russian Federation.

cygwin.com/git/newlib-cygwin.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.
summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorcvs2svn <>2013-07-15 14:04:04 +0400
committercvs2svn <>2013-07-15 14:04:04 +0400
commit42598b0dfa9feec6c87fa498cbbc217cea319ac3 (patch)
tree2deeff2c19a23fe97f4e1dada7398d2bf1e70820 /winsup/doc/specialnames.xml
parentc82eac05c783fa1cb82eac9216dab1ed8aa482ae (diff)
This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create tag 'cygwin-cygwin-1_7_21-release
1_7_21-release'. Sprout from cygwin-64bit-premerge-branch 2013-04-22 17:11:23 UTC cvs2svn 'This commit was manufactured by cvs2svn to create branch 'cygwin-64bit-' Cherrypick from master 2013-07-09 13:14:31 UTC Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> ' * libc/include/sys/config.h (__DYNAMIC_REENT__): Define for RTEMS.': COPYING.NEWLIB ChangeLog config.guess config.sub config/ChangeLog config/bootstrap-asan.mk config/dfp.m4 config/picflag.m4 configure include/ChangeLog include/coff/ChangeLog include/coff/internal.h include/coff/xcoff.h include/elf/ChangeLog include/elf/aarch64.h include/elf/common.h include/elf/ia64.h include/elf/mips.h include/elf/msp430.h include/elf/s390.h include/opcode/ChangeLog include/opcode/avr.h include/opcode/mips.h include/opcode/msp430-decode.h include/opcode/msp430.h include/opcode/nios2.h newlib/ChangeLog newlib/MAINTAINERS newlib/README newlib/acconfig.h newlib/configure newlib/configure.host newlib/configure.in newlib/libc/configure newlib/libc/configure.in newlib/libc/ctype/ctype_.c newlib/libc/ctype/isalnum.c newlib/libc/ctype/isalpha.c newlib/libc/ctype/isblank.c newlib/libc/ctype/iscntrl.c newlib/libc/ctype/isdigit.c newlib/libc/ctype/islower.c newlib/libc/ctype/isprint.c newlib/libc/ctype/ispunct.c newlib/libc/ctype/isxdigit.c newlib/libc/include/machine/ieeefp.h newlib/libc/include/machine/setjmp.h newlib/libc/include/reent.h newlib/libc/include/stdatomic.h newlib/libc/include/stdio.h newlib/libc/include/string.h newlib/libc/include/sys/cdefs.h newlib/libc/include/sys/config.h newlib/libc/include/sys/features.h newlib/libc/include/sys/reent.h newlib/libc/include/sys/stat.h newlib/libc/include/sys/types.h newlib/libc/include/wchar.h newlib/libc/libc.texinfo newlib/libc/machine/arm/Makefile.am newlib/libc/machine/arm/Makefile.in newlib/libc/machine/arm/memcpy-armv7a.S newlib/libc/machine/arm/memcpy-armv7m.S newlib/libc/machine/arm/memcpy-stub.c newlib/libc/machine/arm/memcpy.S newlib/libc/machine/arm/strcmp.S newlib/libc/machine/arm/strlen-armv7.S newlib/libc/machine/configure newlib/libc/machine/configure.in newlib/libc/machine/powerpc/Makefile.am newlib/libc/machine/powerpc/Makefile.in newlib/libc/posix/readdir_r.c newlib/libc/reent/reent.c newlib/libc/stdio/fgetc.c newlib/libc/stdio/fgetwc.c newlib/libc/stdio/fgetws.c newlib/libc/stdio/findfp.c newlib/libc/stdio/fputc.c newlib/libc/stdio/fputwc.c newlib/libc/stdio/fputws.c newlib/libc/stdio/fwalk.c newlib/libc/stdio/getc.c newlib/libc/stdio/getchar.c newlib/libc/stdio/local.h newlib/libc/stdio/putc.c newlib/libc/stdio/putchar.c newlib/libc/stdio/scanf.c newlib/libc/stdio/setvbuf.c newlib/libc/stdio/ungetwc.c newlib/libc/stdio/vfprintf.c newlib/libc/stdio/vfscanf.c newlib/libc/stdio/vfwprintf.c newlib/libc/stdio/vfwscanf.c newlib/libc/stdio/viprintf.c newlib/libc/stdio/viscanf.c newlib/libc/stdio/vprintf.c newlib/libc/stdio/vscanf.c newlib/libc/stdio/vwprintf.c newlib/libc/stdio/vwscanf.c newlib/libc/stdio/wscanf.c newlib/libc/stdlib/Makefile.am newlib/libc/stdlib/Makefile.in newlib/libc/stdlib/__atexit.c newlib/libc/stdlib/__call_atexit.c newlib/libc/stdlib/cxa_atexit.c newlib/libc/stdlib/ecvtbuf.c newlib/libc/stdlib/exit.c newlib/libc/stdlib/gdtoa-gethex.c newlib/libc/stdlib/gdtoa-hexnan.c newlib/libc/stdlib/ldtoa.c newlib/libc/stdlib/mblen.c newlib/libc/stdlib/mbrlen.c newlib/libc/stdlib/mbrtowc.c newlib/libc/stdlib/mbtowc.c newlib/libc/stdlib/mprec.h newlib/libc/stdlib/nano-mallocr.c newlib/libc/stdlib/rand.c newlib/libc/stdlib/strtod.c newlib/libc/stdlib/wcrtomb.c newlib/libc/stdlib/wctob.c newlib/libc/stdlib/wctomb.c newlib/libc/string/Makefile.am newlib/libc/string/Makefile.in newlib/libc/string/rawmemchr.c newlib/libc/string/strtok.c newlib/libc/time/asctime.c newlib/libc/time/gmtime.c newlib/libc/time/lcltime.c newlib/libm/libm.texinfo newlib/newlib.hin winsup/ChangeLog winsup/Makefile.common winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog winsup/cygserver/ChangeLog.64bit winsup/cygserver/Makefile.in winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.cc winsup/cygserver/bsd_helper.h winsup/cygserver/bsd_log.cc winsup/cygserver/bsd_log.h winsup/cygserver/bsd_mutex.cc winsup/cygserver/client.cc winsup/cygserver/cygserver.cc winsup/cygserver/msg.cc winsup/cygserver/process.h winsup/cygserver/sem.cc winsup/cygserver/shm.cc winsup/cygserver/sysv_shm.cc winsup/cygserver/threaded_queue.h winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog.64bit winsup/cygwin/DevNotes winsup/cygwin/Makefile.in winsup/cygwin/aclocal.m4 winsup/cygwin/advapi32.cc winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc winsup/cygwin/automode.c winsup/cygwin/binmode.c winsup/cygwin/child_info.h winsup/cygwin/common.din winsup/cygwin/configure winsup/cygwin/configure.ac winsup/cygwin/cpuid.h winsup/cygwin/cygerrno.h winsup/cygwin/cygheap.cc winsup/cygwin/cygheap.h winsup/cygwin/cygmagic winsup/cygwin/cygmalloc.h winsup/cygwin/cygserver.h winsup/cygwin/cygserver_ipc.h winsup/cygwin/cygthread.cc winsup/cygwin/cygtls.cc winsup/cygwin/cygtls.h winsup/cygwin/cygwait.cc winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc winsup/cygwin/debug.h winsup/cygwin/devices.cc winsup/cygwin/devices.h winsup/cygwin/devices.in winsup/cygwin/dir.cc winsup/cygwin/dlfcn.cc winsup/cygwin/dll_init.cc winsup/cygwin/dll_init.h winsup/cygwin/dtable.cc winsup/cygwin/environ.h winsup/cygwin/errno.cc winsup/cygwin/exception.h winsup/cygwin/exceptions.cc winsup/cygwin/external.cc winsup/cygwin/fcntl.cc winsup/cygwin/fenv.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h winsup/cygwin/fhandler_clipboard.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_console.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_dev.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_disk_file.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_dsp.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_fifo.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_floppy.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_mailslot.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_mem.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_netdrive.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_proc.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_process.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_procnet.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_procsys.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_procsysvipc.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_random.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_raw.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_registry.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_serial.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_socket.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tape.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_termios.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_virtual.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_virtual.h winsup/cygwin/fhandler_windows.cc winsup/cygwin/fhandler_zero.cc winsup/cygwin/flock.cc winsup/cygwin/fork.cc winsup/cygwin/gcrt0.c winsup/cygwin/gendef winsup/cygwin/glob.cc winsup/cygwin/globals.cc winsup/cygwin/gmon.c winsup/cygwin/gmon.h winsup/cygwin/grp.cc winsup/cygwin/heap.cc winsup/cygwin/hires.h winsup/cygwin/hookapi.cc winsup/cygwin/i686.din winsup/cygwin/include/a.out.h winsup/cygwin/include/asm/byteorder.h winsup/cygwin/include/bits/wordsize.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/acl.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/config.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/cygwin_dll.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/grp.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/if.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/ipc.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/msg.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/sem.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/shm.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/signal.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/socket.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/stat.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/stdlib.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/sysproto.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/time.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/types.h winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/version.h winsup/cygwin/include/fcntl.h winsup/cygwin/include/fts.h winsup/cygwin/include/ftw.h winsup/cygwin/include/glob.h winsup/cygwin/include/inttypes.h winsup/cygwin/include/io.h winsup/cygwin/include/limits.h winsup/cygwin/include/mntent.h winsup/cygwin/include/stdint.h winsup/cygwin/include/sys/cygwin.h winsup/cygwin/include/sys/dirent.h winsup/cygwin/include/sys/resource.h winsup/cygwin/include/sys/socket.h winsup/cygwin/include/sys/strace.h winsup/cygwin/init.cc winsup/cygwin/ioctl.cc winsup/cygwin/ipc.cc winsup/cygwin/kernel32.cc winsup/cygwin/lc_msg.h winsup/cygwin/lib/_cygwin_crt0_common.cc winsup/cygwin/lib/crt0.h winsup/cygwin/lib/cygwin_attach_dll.c winsup/cygwin/lib/premain0.c winsup/cygwin/lib/premain1.c winsup/cygwin/lib/premain2.c winsup/cygwin/lib/premain3.c winsup/cygwin/libc/arc4random.cc winsup/cygwin/libc/base64.c winsup/cygwin/libc/bsdlib.cc winsup/cygwin/libc/fts.c winsup/cygwin/libc/ftw.c winsup/cygwin/libc/inet_network.c winsup/cygwin/libc/minires-os-if.c winsup/cygwin/libc/minires.c winsup/cygwin/libc/nftw.c winsup/cygwin/libc/rcmd.cc winsup/cygwin/libc/rexec.cc winsup/cygwin/libstdcxx_wrapper.cc winsup/cygwin/localtime.cc winsup/cygwin/malloc_wrapper.cc winsup/cygwin/mcount.c winsup/cygwin/mcountFunc.S winsup/cygwin/miscfuncs.cc winsup/cygwin/mkimport winsup/cygwin/mktemp.cc winsup/cygwin/mmap.cc winsup/cygwin/mount.cc winsup/cygwin/mount.h winsup/cygwin/msg.cc winsup/cygwin/mtinfo.h winsup/cygwin/net.cc winsup/cygwin/netdb.cc winsup/cygwin/nfs.h winsup/cygwin/nlsfuncs.cc winsup/cygwin/ntdll.h winsup/cygwin/ntea.cc winsup/cygwin/passwd.cc winsup/cygwin/path.h winsup/cygwin/path.sgml winsup/cygwin/perprocess.h winsup/cygwin/pinfo.cc winsup/cygwin/pinfo.h winsup/cygwin/pipe.cc winsup/cygwin/poll.cc winsup/cygwin/posix.sgml winsup/cygwin/posix_ipc.cc winsup/cygwin/profil.c winsup/cygwin/profil.h winsup/cygwin/pseudo-reloc.cc winsup/cygwin/pwdgrp.h winsup/cygwin/regex/engine.c winsup/cygwin/regex/regcomp.c winsup/cygwin/registry.cc winsup/cygwin/regparm.h winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.19 winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.20 winsup/cygwin/resource.cc winsup/cygwin/sched.cc winsup/cygwin/sec_acl.cc winsup/cygwin/sec_auth.cc winsup/cygwin/sec_helper.cc winsup/cygwin/security.cc winsup/cygwin/security.h winsup/cygwin/select.cc winsup/cygwin/select.h winsup/cygwin/sem.cc winsup/cygwin/shared.cc winsup/cygwin/shared_info.h winsup/cygwin/shm.cc winsup/cygwin/signal.cc winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc winsup/cygwin/sigproc.h winsup/cygwin/smallprint.cc winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc winsup/cygwin/speclib winsup/cygwin/spinlock.h winsup/cygwin/strace.cc winsup/cygwin/strfuncs.cc winsup/cygwin/strsig.cc winsup/cygwin/sync.cc winsup/cygwin/sync.h winsup/cygwin/syscalls.cc winsup/cygwin/sysconf.cc winsup/cygwin/syslog.cc winsup/cygwin/termios.cc winsup/cygwin/textmode.c winsup/cygwin/textreadmode.c winsup/cygwin/thread.h winsup/cygwin/timer.cc winsup/cygwin/times.cc winsup/cygwin/tlsoffsets.h winsup/cygwin/tlsoffsets64.h winsup/cygwin/tty.cc winsup/cygwin/tty.h winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc winsup/cygwin/wait.cc winsup/cygwin/winbase.h winsup/cygwin/wincap.cc winsup/cygwin/wincap.h winsup/cygwin/window.cc winsup/cygwin/winf.cc winsup/cygwin/winf.h winsup/cygwin/winlean.h winsup/cygwin/winsup.h winsup/cygwin/winver.rc winsup/cygwin/wow64.cc winsup/cygwin/wow64.h winsup/cygwin/x86_64.din winsup/doc/.cvsignore winsup/doc/ChangeLog winsup/doc/Makefile.in winsup/doc/Wishlist winsup/doc/bodysnatcher.pl winsup/doc/configure winsup/doc/configure.ac winsup/doc/cygserver.xml winsup/doc/cygwin-api.in.xml winsup/doc/cygwin-ug-net.xml winsup/doc/cygwin.xsl winsup/doc/cygwinenv.xml winsup/doc/dll.xml winsup/doc/effectively.xml winsup/doc/faq-api.xml winsup/doc/faq-copyright.xml winsup/doc/faq-programming.xml winsup/doc/faq-resources.xml winsup/doc/faq-setup.xml winsup/doc/faq-using.xml winsup/doc/faq-what.xml winsup/doc/faq.xml winsup/doc/filemodes.xml winsup/doc/gcc.xml winsup/doc/gdb.xml winsup/doc/highlights.xml winsup/doc/legal.xml winsup/doc/new-features.xml winsup/doc/ntsec.xml winsup/doc/ov-ex-unix.xml winsup/doc/ov-ex-win.xml winsup/doc/overview.xml winsup/doc/pathnames.xml winsup/doc/programming.xml winsup/doc/setup-env.xml winsup/doc/setup-files.xml winsup/doc/setup-locale.xml winsup/doc/setup-maxmem.xml winsup/doc/setup-net.xml winsup/doc/specialnames.xml winsup/doc/textbinary.xml winsup/doc/ug-info.xml winsup/doc/using.xml winsup/doc/windres.xml winsup/doc/xidepend winsup/lsaauth/ChangeLog winsup/lsaauth/ChangeLog.64bit winsup/lsaauth/Makefile.in winsup/lsaauth/configure winsup/lsaauth/configure.ac winsup/utils/ChangeLog winsup/utils/ChangeLog.64bit winsup/utils/Makefile.in winsup/utils/aclocal.m4 winsup/utils/configure winsup/utils/cygcheck.cc winsup/utils/cygpath.cc winsup/utils/dumper.cc winsup/utils/dumper.h winsup/utils/kill.cc winsup/utils/ldd.cc winsup/utils/locale.cc winsup/utils/mkgroup.c winsup/utils/mkpasswd.c winsup/utils/module_info.cc winsup/utils/mount.cc winsup/utils/parse_pe.cc winsup/utils/passwd.c winsup/utils/path.cc winsup/utils/ps.cc winsup/utils/regtool.cc winsup/utils/ssp.c winsup/utils/strace.cc winsup/utils/tzset.c winsup/utils/utils.xml winsup/utils/wide_path.h Cherrypick from master 2013-07-15 10:04:03 UTC Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> '*** empty log message ***': winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog winsup/cygwin/cygwin.sc.in winsup/cygwin/environ.cc winsup/cygwin/gentls_offsets winsup/cygwin/path.cc winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.21 winsup/cygwin/thread.cc winsup/cygwin/uname.cc Delete: COPYING3 COPYING3.LIB config.rpath configure.ac ltgcc.m4 newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/Makefile.am newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/Makefile.in newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/aclocal.m4 newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/configure newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/configure.in newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/memcmp-stub.c newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/memcmp.S newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/memcpy-stub.c newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/memcpy.S newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/memmove-stub.c newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/memmove.S newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/memset-stub.c newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/memset.S newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/setjmp.S newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/strcmp-stub.c newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/strcmp.S newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/strlen-stub.c newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/strlen.S newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/strncmp-stub.c newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/strncmp.S newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/strnlen-stub.c newlib/libc/machine/aarch64/strnlen.S newlib/libc/machine/epiphany/Makefile.am newlib/libc/machine/epiphany/Makefile.in newlib/libc/machine/epiphany/aclocal.m4 newlib/libc/machine/epiphany/configure newlib/libc/machine/epiphany/configure.in newlib/libc/machine/epiphany/machine/stdlib.h newlib/libc/machine/epiphany/setjmp.S newlib/libc/machine/powerpc/times.c newlib/libc/sys/epiphany/Makefile.am newlib/libc/sys/epiphany/Makefile.in newlib/libc/sys/epiphany/aclocal.m4 newlib/libc/sys/epiphany/configure newlib/libc/sys/epiphany/configure.in newlib/libc/sys/epiphany/e_printf.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/Makefile.am newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/Makefile.in newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/aclocal.m4 newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/configure newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/configure.in newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_ceil.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_floor.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_fma.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_fmax.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_fmin.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_llrint.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_llround.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_lrint.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_lround.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_nearbyint.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_rint.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_round.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/s_trunc.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_ceil.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_floor.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_fma.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_fmax.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_fmin.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_llrint.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_llround.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_lrint.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_lround.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_nearbyint.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_rint.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_round.c newlib/libm/machine/aarch64/sf_trunc.c winsup/cygwin/config/i386/profile.h winsup/cygwin/cygwin.din winsup/cygwin/cygwin.sc winsup/doc/cygserver.sgml winsup/doc/cygwin-api.in.sgml winsup/doc/cygwin-ug-net.in.sgml winsup/doc/cygwin-ug.in.sgml winsup/doc/cygwin.dsl winsup/doc/cygwinenv.sgml winsup/doc/dll.sgml winsup/doc/effectively.sgml winsup/doc/faq-sections.xml winsup/doc/filemodes.sgml winsup/doc/gcc.sgml winsup/doc/gdb.sgml winsup/doc/legal.sgml winsup/doc/new-features.sgml winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml winsup/doc/overview.sgml winsup/doc/overview2.sgml winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml winsup/doc/programming.sgml winsup/doc/setup-net.sgml winsup/doc/setup.sgml winsup/doc/setup2.sgml winsup/doc/textbinary.sgml winsup/doc/using.sgml winsup/doc/windres.sgml winsup/utils/utils.sgml
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/specialnames.xml')
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/specialnames.xml517
1 files changed, 517 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/specialnames.xml b/winsup/doc/specialnames.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71491deac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winsup/doc/specialnames.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,517 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding='UTF-8'?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<sect1 id="using-specialnames"><title>Special filenames</title>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-etc"><title>Special files in /etc</title>
+
+<para>Certain files in Cygwin's <filename>/etc</filename> directory are
+read by Cygwin before the mount table has been established. The list
+of files is</para>
+
+<screen>
+ /etc/fstab
+ /etc/fstab.d/$USER
+ /etc/passwd
+ /etc/group
+</screen>
+
+<para>These file are read using native Windows NT functions which have
+no notion of Cygwin symlinks or POSIX paths. For that reason
+there are a few requirements as far as <filename>/etc</filename> is
+concerned.</para>
+
+<para>To access these files, the Cygwin DLL evaluates it's own full
+Windows path, strips off the innermost directory component and adds
+"\etc". Let's assume the Cygwin DLL is installed as
+<filename>C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll</filename>. First the DLL name as
+well as the innermost directory (<filename>bin</filename>) is stripped
+off: <filename>C:\cygwin\</filename>. Then "etc" and the filename to
+look for is attached: <filename>C:\cygwin\etc\fstab</filename>. So the
+/etc directory must be parallel to the directory in which the cygwin1.dll
+exists and <filename>/etc</filename> must not be a Cygwin symlink
+pointing to another directory. Consequentially none of the files from
+the above list, including the directory <filename>/etc/fstab.d</filename>
+is allowed to be a Cygwin symlink either.</para>
+
+<para>However, native NTFS symlinks and reparse points are transparent
+when accessing the above files so all these files as well as
+<filename>/etc</filename> itself may be NTFS symlinks or reparse
+points.</para>
+
+<para>Last but not least, make sure that these files are world-readable.
+Every process of any user account has to read these files potentially,
+so world-readability is essential. The only exception are the user
+specific files <filename>/etc/fstab.d/$USER</filename>, which only have
+to be readable by the $USER user account itself.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-dosdevices"><title>Invalid filenames</title>
+
+<para>Filenames invalid under Win32 are not necessarily invalid
+under Cygwin since release 1.7.0. There are a few rules which
+apply to Windows filenames. Most notably, DOS device names like
+<filename>AUX</filename>, <filename>COM1</filename>,
+<filename>LPT1</filename> or <filename>PRN</filename> (to name a few)
+cannot be used as filename or extension in a native Win32 application.
+So filenames like <filename>prn.txt</filename> or <filename>foo.aux</filename>
+are invalid filenames for native Win32 applications.</para>
+
+<para>This restriction doesn't apply to Cygwin applications. Cygwin
+can create and access files with such names just fine. Just don't try
+to use these files with native Win32 applications.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-specialchars">
+<title>Forbidden characters in filenames</title>
+
+<para>Some characters are disallowed in filenames on Windows filesystems.
+These forbidden characters are the ASCII control characters from ASCII
+value 1 to 31, plus the following characters which have a special meaning
+in the Win32 API:</para>
+
+<screen>
+ " * : &lt; &gt; ? | \
+</screen>
+
+<para>Cygwin can't fix this, but it has a method to workaround this
+restriction. All of the above characters, except for the backslash,
+are converted to special UNICODE characters in the range 0xf000 to 0xf0ff
+(the "Private use area") when creating or accessing files.</para>
+
+<para>The backslash has to be exempt from this conversion, because Cygwin
+accepts Win32 filenames including backslashes as path separators on input.
+Converting backslashes using the above method would make this impossible.</para>
+
+<para>Additionally Win32 filenames can't contain trailing dots and spaces
+for DOS backward compatibility. When trying to create files with trailing
+dots or spaces, all of them are removed before the file is created. This
+restriction only affects native Win32 applications. Cygwin applications
+can create and access files with trailing dots and spaces without problems.
+</para>
+
+<para>An exception from this rule are some network filesystems (NetApp,
+NWFS) which choke on these filenames. They return with an error like
+"No such file or directory" when trying to create such files. Starting
+with Cygwin 1.7.6, Cygwin recognizes these filesystems and works around
+this problem by applying the same rule as for the other forbidden characters.
+Leading spaces and trailing dots and spaces will be converted to UNICODE
+characters in the private use area. This behaviour can be switched on
+explicitely for a filesystem or a directory tree by using the mount option
+<literal>dos</literal>.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-unusual">
+<title>Filenames with unusual (foreign) characters</title>
+
+<para> Windows filesystems use Unicode encoded as UTF-16
+to store filename information. If you don't use the UTF-8
+character set (see <xref linkend="setup-locale"></xref>) then there's a
+chance that a filename is using one or more characters which have no
+representation in the character set you're using.</para>
+
+<note><para>In the default "C" locale, Cygwin creates filenames using
+the UTF-8 charset. This will always result in some valid filename by
+default, but again might impose problems when switching to a non-"C"
+or non-"UTF-8" charset.</para></note>
+
+<note><para>To avoid this scenario altogether, always use UTF-8 as the
+character set.</para></note>
+
+<para>If you don't want or can't use UTF-8 as character set for whatever
+reason, you will nevertheless be able to access the file. How does that
+work? When Cygwin converts the filename from UTF-16 to your character
+set, it recognizes characters which can't be converted. If that occurs,
+Cygwin replaces the non-convertible character with a special character
+sequence. The sequence starts with an ASCII CAN character (hex code
+0x18, equivalent Control-X), followed by the UTF-8 representation of the
+character. The result is a filename containing some ugly looking
+characters. While it doesn't <emphasis role='bold'>look</emphasis> nice, it
+<emphasis role='bold'>is</emphasis> nice, because Cygwin knows how to convert
+this filename back to UTF-16. The filename will be converted using your
+usual character set. However, when Cygwin recognizes an ASCII CAN
+character, it skips over the ASCII CAN and handles the following bytes as
+a UTF-8 character. Thus, the filename is symmetrically converted back to
+UTF-16 and you can access the file.</para>
+
+<note><para>Please be aware that this method is not entirely foolproof.
+In some character set combinations it might not work for certain native
+characters.</para>
+
+<para>Only by using the UTF-8 charset you can avoid this problem safely.
+</para></note>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-casesensitive">
+<title>Case sensitive filenames</title>
+
+<para>In the Win32 subsystem filenames are only case-preserved, but not
+case-sensitive. You can't access two files in the same directory which
+only differ by case, like <filename>Abc</filename> and
+<filename>aBc</filename>. While NTFS (and some remote filesystems)
+support case-sensitivity, the NT kernel starting with Windows XP does
+not support it by default. Rather, you have to tweak a registry setting
+and reboot. For that reason, case-sensitivity can not be supported by Cygwin,
+unless you change that registry value.</para>
+
+<para>If you really want case-sensitivity in Cygwin, you can switch it
+on by setting the registry value</para>
+
+<screen>
+HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel\obcaseinsensitive
+</screen>
+
+<para>to 0 and reboot the machine.</para>
+
+<note>
+<para>
+When installing Microsoft's Services For Unix (SFU), you're asked if
+you want to use case-sensitive filenames. If you answer "yes" at this point,
+the installer will change the aforementioned registry value to 0, too. So, if
+you have SFU installed, there's some chance that the registry value is already
+set to case sensitivity.
+</para>
+</note>
+
+<para>After you set this registry value to 0, Cygwin will be case-sensitive
+by default on NTFS and NFS filesystems. However, there are limitations:
+while two <emphasis role='bold'>programs</emphasis> <filename>Abc.exe</filename>
+and <filename>aBc.exe</filename> can be created and accessed like other files,
+starting applications is still case-insensitive due to Windows limitations
+and so the program you try to launch may not be the one actually started. Also,
+be aware that using two filenames which only differ by case might
+result in some weird interoperability issues with native Win32 applications.
+You're using case-sensitivity at your own risk. You have been warned! </para>
+
+<para>Even if you use case-sensitivity, it might be feasible to switch to
+case-insensitivity for certain paths for better interoperability with
+native Win32 applications (even if it's just Windows Explorer). You can do
+this on a per-mount point base, by using the "posix=0" mount option in
+<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>, or your <filename>/etc/fstab.d/$USER</filename>
+file.</para>
+
+<para><filename>/cygdrive</filename> paths are case-insensitive by default.
+The reason is that the native Windows %PATH% environment variable is not
+always using the correct case for all paths in it. As a result, if you use
+case-sensitivity on the <filename>/cygdrive</filename> prefix, your shell
+might claim that it can't find Windows commands like <command>attrib</command>
+or <command>net</command>. To ease the pain, the <filename>/cygdrive</filename>
+path is case-insensitive by default and you have to use the "posix=1" setting
+explicitly in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> or
+<filename>/etc/fstab.d/$USER</filename> to switch it to case-sensitivity,
+or you have to make sure that the native Win32 %PATH% environment variable
+is using the correct case for all paths throughout.</para>
+
+<para>Note that mount points as well as device names and virtual
+paths like /proc are always case-sensitive! The only exception are
+the subdirectories and filenames under /proc/registry, /proc/registry32
+and /proc/registry64. Registry access is always case-insensitive.
+Read on for more information.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-posixdevices"> <title>POSIX devices</title>
+<para>While there is no need to create a POSIX <filename>/dev</filename>
+directory, the directory is automatically created as part of a Cygwin
+installation. It's existence is often a prerequisit to run certain
+applications which create symbolic links, fifos, or UNIX sockets in
+<filename>/dev</filename>. Also, the directories <filename>/dev/shm</filename>
+and <filename>/dev/mqueue</filename> are required to exist to use named POSIX
+semaphores, shared memory, and message queues, so a system without a real
+<filename>/dev</filename> directory is functionally crippled.
+</para>
+
+<para>Apart from that, Cygwin automatically simulates POSIX devices
+internally. Up to Cygwin 1.7.11, these devices couldn't be seen with the
+command <command>ls /dev/</command> although commands such as
+<command>ls /dev/tty</command> worked fine. Starting with Cygwin 1.7.12,
+the <filename>/dev</filename> directory is automagically populated with
+existing POSIX devices by Cygwin in a way comparable with a
+<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udev">udev</ulink> based virtual
+<filename>/dev</filename> directory under Linux.</para>
+
+<para>
+Cygwin supports the following character devices commonly found on POSIX systems:
+</para>
+
+<screen>
+/dev/null
+/dev/zero
+/dev/full
+
+/dev/console Pseudo device name for the current console window of a session.
+ Up to Cygwin 1.7.9, this was the only name for a console.
+ Different consoles were indistinguishable.
+ Cygwin's /dev/console is not quite comparable with the console
+ device on UNIX machines.
+
+/dev/cons0 Starting with Cygwin 1.7.10, Console sessions are numbered from
+/dev/cons1 /dev/cons0 upwards. Console device names are pseudo device
+... names, only accessible from processes within this very console
+ session. This is due to a restriction in Windows.
+
+/dev/tty The current controlling tty of a session.
+
+/dev/ptmx Pseudo tty master device.
+
+/dev/pty0 Pseudo ttys are numbered from /dev/pty0 upwards as they are
+/dev/pty1 requested.
+...
+
+/dev/ttyS0 Serial communication devices. ttyS0 == Win32 COM1,
+/dev/ttyS1 ttyS1 == COM2, etc.
+...
+
+/dev/pipe
+/dev/fifo
+
+/dev/mem The physical memory of the machine. Note that access to the
+/dev/port physical memory has been restricted with Windows Server 2003.
+/dev/kmem Since this OS, you can't access physical memory from user space.
+
+/dev/kmsg Kernel message pipe, for usage with sys logger services.
+
+/dev/random Random number generator.
+/dev/urandom
+
+/dev/dsp Default sound device of the system.
+</screen>
+
+<para>
+Cygwin also has several Windows-specific devices:
+</para>
+
+<screen>
+/dev/com1 The serial ports, starting with COM1 which is the same as ttyS0.
+/dev/com2 Please use /dev/ttySx instead.
+...
+
+/dev/conin Same as Windows CONIN$.
+/dev/conout Same as Windows CONOUT$.
+/dev/clipboard The Windows clipboard, text only
+/dev/windows The Windows message queue.
+</screen>
+
+<para>
+Block devices are accessible by Cygwin processes using fixed POSIX device
+names. These POSIX device names are generated using a direct conversion
+from the POSIX namespace to the internal NT namespace.
+E.g. the first harddisk is the NT internal device \device\harddisk0\partition0
+or the first partition on the third harddisk is \device\harddisk2\partition1.
+The first floppy in the system is \device\floppy0, the first CD-ROM is
+\device\cdrom0 and the first tape drive is \device\tape0.</para>
+
+<para>The mapping from physical device to the name of the device in the
+internal NT namespace can be found in various places. For hard disks and
+CD/DVD drives, the Windows "Disk Management" utility (part of the
+"Computer Management" console) shows that the mapping of "Disk 0" is
+\device\harddisk0. "CD-ROM 2" is \device\cdrom2. Another place to find
+this mapping is the "Device Management" console. Disks have a
+"Location" number, tapes have a "Tape Symbolic Name", etc.
+Unfortunately, the places where this information is found is not very
+well-defined.</para>
+
+<para>
+For external disks (USB-drives, CF-cards in a cardreader, etc) you can use
+Cygwin to show the mapping. <filename>/proc/partitions</filename>
+contains a list of raw drives known to Cygwin. The <command>df</command>
+command shows a list of drives and their respective sizes. If you match
+the information between <filename>/proc/partitions</filename> and the
+<command>df</command> output, you should be able to figure out which
+external drive corresponds to which raw disk device name.</para>
+
+<note><para>Apart from tape devices which are not block devices and are
+by default accessed directly, accessing mass storage devices raw
+is something you should only do if you know what you're doing and know how to
+handle the information. <emphasis role='bold'>Writing</emphasis> to a raw
+mass storage device you should only do if you
+<emphasis role='bold'>really</emphasis> know what you're doing and are aware
+of the fact that any mistake can destroy important information, for the
+device, and for you. So, please, handle this ability with care.
+<emphasis role='bold'>You have been warned.</emphasis></para></note>
+
+<para>
+Last but not least, the mapping from POSIX /dev namespace to internal
+NT namespace is as follows:
+</para>
+
+<screen>
+POSIX device name Internal NT device name
+
+/dev/st0 \device\tape0, rewind
+/dev/nst0 \device\tape0, no-rewind
+/dev/st1 \device\tape1
+/dev/nst1 \device\tape1
+...
+/dev/st15
+/dev/nst15
+
+/dev/fd0 \device\floppy0
+/dev/fd1 \device\floppy1
+...
+/dev/fd15
+
+/dev/sr0 \device\cdrom0
+/dev/sr1 \device\cdrom1
+...
+/dev/sr15
+
+/dev/scd0 \device\cdrom0
+/dev/scd1 \device\cdrom1
+...
+/dev/scd15
+
+/dev/sda \device\harddisk0\partition0 (whole disk)
+/dev/sda1 \device\harddisk0\partition1 (first partition)
+...
+/dev/sda15 \device\harddisk0\partition15 (fifteenth partition)
+
+/dev/sdb \device\harddisk1\partition0
+/dev/sdb1 \device\harddisk1\partition1
+
+[up to]
+
+/dev/sddx \device\harddisk127\partition0
+/dev/sddx1 \device\harddisk127\partition1
+...
+/dev/sddx15 \device\harddisk127\partition15
+</screen>
+
+<para>
+if you don't like these device names, feel free to create symbolic
+links as they are created on Linux systems for convenience:
+</para>
+
+<screen>
+ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom
+ln -s /dev/nst0 /dev/tape
+...
+</screen>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-exe"><title>The .exe extension</title>
+
+<para>Win32 executable filenames end with <filename>.exe</filename>
+but the <filename>.exe</filename> need not be included in the command,
+so that traditional UNIX names can be used. However, for programs that
+end in <filename>.bat</filename> and <filename>.com</filename>, you
+cannot omit the extension. </para>
+
+<para>As a side effect, the <command> ls filename</command> gives
+information about <filename>filename.exe</filename> if
+<filename>filename.exe</filename> exists and <filename>filename</filename>
+does not. In the same situation the function call
+<function>stat("filename",..)</function> gives information about
+<filename>filename.exe</filename>. The two files can be distinguished
+by examining their inodes, as demonstrated below.
+<screen>
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>ls * </userinput>
+a a.exe b.exe
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>ls -i a a.exe</userinput>
+445885548 a 435996602 a.exe
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>ls -i b b.exe</userinput>
+432961010 b 432961010 b.exe
+</screen>
+If a shell script <filename>myprog</filename> and a program
+<filename>myprog.exe</filename> coexist in a directory, the shell
+script has precedence and is selected for execution of
+<command>myprog</command>. Note that this was quite the reverse up to
+Cygwin 1.5.19. It has been changed for consistency with the rest of Cygwin.
+</para>
+
+<para>The <command>gcc</command> compiler produces an executable named
+<filename>filename.exe</filename> when asked to produce
+<filename>filename</filename>. This allows many makefiles written
+for UNIX systems to work well under Cygwin.</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-proc"><title>The /proc filesystem</title>
+<para>
+Cygwin, like Linux and other similar operating systems, supports the
+<filename>/proc</filename> virtual filesystem. The files in this
+directory are representations of various aspects of your system,
+for example the command <userinput>cat /proc/cpuinfo</userinput>
+displays information such as what model and speed processor you have.
+</para>
+<para>
+One unique aspect of the Cygwin <filename>/proc</filename> filesystem
+is <filename>/proc/registry</filename>, see next section.
+</para>
+<para>
+The Cygwin <filename>/proc</filename> is not as complete as the
+one in Linux, but it provides significant capabilities. The
+<systemitem>procps</systemitem> package contains several utilities
+that use it.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-proc-registry"><title>The /proc/registry filesystem</title>
+<para>
+The <filename>/proc/registry</filename> filesystem provides read-only
+access to the Windows registry. It displays each <literal>KEY</literal>
+as a directory and each <literal>VALUE</literal> as a file. As anytime
+you deal with the Windows registry, use caution since changes may result
+in an unstable or broken system. There are additionally subdirectories called
+<filename>/proc/registry32</filename> and <filename>/proc/registry64</filename>.
+They are identical to <filename>/proc/registry</filename> on 32 bit
+host OSes. On 64 bit host OSes, <filename>/proc/registry32</filename>
+opens the 32 bit processes view on the registry, while
+<filename>/proc/registry64</filename> opens the 64 bit processes view.
+</para>
+<para>
+Reserved characters ('/', '\', ':', and '%') or reserved names
+(<filename>.</filename> and <filename>..</filename>) are converted by
+percent-encoding:
+<screen>
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>regtool list -v '\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices'</userinput>
+...
+\DosDevices\C: (REG_BINARY) = cf a8 97 e8 00 08 fe f7
+...
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>cd /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM</userinput>
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>ls -l MountedDevices</userinput>
+...
+-r--r----- 1 Admin SYSTEM 12 Dec 10 11:20 %5CDosDevices%5CC%3A
+...
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>od -t x1 MountedDevices/%5CDosDevices%5CC%3A</userinput>
+0000000 cf a8 97 e8 00 08 fe f7 01 00 00 00
+</screen>
+The unnamed (default) value of a key can be accessed using the filename
+<filename>@</filename>.
+</para>
+<para>
+If a registry key contains a subkey and a value with the same name
+<filename>foo</filename>, Cygwin displays the subkey as
+<filename>foo</filename> and the value as <filename>foo%val</filename>.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="pathnames-at"><title>The @pathnames</title>
+<para>To circumvent the limitations on shell line length in the native
+Windows command shells, Cygwin programs, when invoked by non-Cygwin processes, expand their arguments
+starting with "@" in a special way. If a file
+<filename>pathname</filename> exists, the argument
+<filename>@pathname</filename> expands recursively to the content of
+<filename>pathname</filename>. Double quotes can be used inside the
+file to delimit strings containing blank space.
+In the following example compare the behaviors
+<command>/bin/echo</command> when run from bash and from the Windows command prompt.</para>
+
+<example id="pathnames-at-ex"><title> Using @pathname</title>
+<screen>
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>/bin/echo 'This is "a long" line' > mylist</userinput>
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>/bin/echo @mylist</userinput>
+@mylist
+<prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>cmd</userinput>
+<prompt>c:\&gt;</prompt> <userinput>c:\cygwin\bin\echo @mylist</userinput>
+This is a long line
+</screen>
+</example>
+</sect2>
+</sect1>