From: sarnold@coyote.rain.org (Stephen L Arnold) Subject: Re: mounts, ls, and filename completion 20 Aug 1998 12:37:20 -0700 Message-ID: <199808200146.SAA04223.cygnus.gnu-win32@coyote.rain.org> References: <19980817134256.25307.rocketmail@send1d.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: sarnold@earthling.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com On 17 Aug 98, Earnie Boyd had questions about Re: mounts, ls, and filename completion: > I agree with David. Get rid of the registry data and use the standard > UNIX filesystem format. I would also like to see the cygwin32 have an > external _fmode variable that could be set within the source to determine > the default file mode similar to crtdll. > > > ---CyberJack wrote: > > > > Why is it using the registry to store anything? Shouldn't we gear this > > toward a normal standard filesystem format. How about just documenting the behavior of the mount command? I didn't guess it was storing the mount points (permanently) there until I searched the list archive and stumbled across it. Just a thought... Steve ************************************************************* Steve Arnold sarnold@earthling.net "A mime is a terrible thing to waste..." Mel Brooks - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".