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Trevor Forbes wrote: > > This is a general outline as to what I do on a Win2k PC. If your not > familiar with the commands, or have some trouble, then unfortunately you > will have to do some Windows and Unix reading. :) > > First make sure the windows system directories is "LAST" rpt "LAST" in your > path > eg export PATH=$PATH:/c/winnt/:/c/winnt/system32 > (I have this permanently set) > > then type: > net view > This list all the computers in the network > or > net view | grep whatever > > next type: > net view \\\\Computer_name or net view '\\Computer_name' > to see all the shares on that computer > > next type: > net use x: \\\\Computer_name\\share > Connects your computer to the share resource > This command will fail if you do not have the correct permissions or the > network is not set up correctly. > This verbiage should be added to the FAQ. > NOTE, I have the following mount setting > "mount -b --change-cygdrive-prefix /" > > now you can do: > cd /x > ls > WOW!! I didn't even know that. It must be an accident. ;) I thought that changing cygdrive prefix to / would force you to use the //<driveletter>/ format. Thanks for the tidbit of information, you've just made life easier. Earnie. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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