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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2005-04-20 16:25:43 +0400 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2005-04-20 16:25:43 +0400 |
| commit | a30482a386169c4b242733f260d503d8974dbaf0 (patch) | |
| tree | d3b63fde69f95e95c99b824f3ca86a794e44d060 /winsup/utils | |
| parent | eb07f8c343ba7cdce21bc750c6eaa3f7a4804ab2 (diff) | |
* utils.sgml (mount): Clarify setting cygdrive prefix for user
and system-wide.
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/utils')
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/utils/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/utils/utils.sgml | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog index ad035a3ef..9340439b6 100644 --- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-04-20 Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net> + + * utils.sgml (mount): Clarify setting cygdrive prefix for user + and system-wide. + 2005-03-24 Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net> * cygcheck.cc (init_paths): Use full path instead of "." for the diff --git a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml index 1377ebaa4..ee6cfb106 100644 --- a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml +++ b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml @@ -729,9 +729,11 @@ set the automount prefix to <filename>/</filename>:</para> </screen> </example> -<para>Note that if you set a new prefix in this manner, you can -specify the <literal>-s</literal> flag to make this the system-wide default -prefix. By default, the cygdrive-prefix applies only to the system-wide setting. +<para>Note that the cygdrive prefix can be set both per-user and system-wide, +and that as with all mounts, a user-specific mount takes precedence over the +system-wide setting. The <command>mount</command> utility creates system-wide +mounts by default if you do not specify a type. Use the <literal>-s</literal> +or <literal>-u</literal> flag to indicate a system or user mount, respectively. You can always see the user and system cygdrive prefixes with the <literal>-p</literal> option. Using the <literal>-b</literal> flag with <literal>--change-cygdrive-prefix</literal> makes all new |