Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Soren A Subject: RE: Save typing /cygdrive/c? Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 21:25:55 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Occasionally Sporadically Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <34385CBC5E8E664EB0007814636AB36A677AD7@exchange1.dimensions.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: Xnews/L5 X-Archive: encrypt Igor Pechtchanski wrote around 27 Jan 2003 news:Pine.GSO.4.44.0301271736430.26400-100000@slinky.cs.nyu.edu: > Scott, > > "mount" is part of the "cygwin" package, so it should work if you've > installed Cygwin. "man mount" is another story, however. A search for > "man1/mount.1" on reveals that you need the > "cygwin-doc" package. Sorry for my assumption that it is installed > automatically. I think it might be worth pointing out that 'info' is the newer and more-supported GNU help system, too, and if `man FOOdo' ever fails, the user should automatically think "Oh, let's try `info FOOdo' too" before getting upset or stressed over her inability to get instantaneous help on "FOOdo". Soren A -- "So, tell me, my little one-eyed one, on what poor, pitiful, defenseless planet has my MONSTROSITY been unleashed?" - Dr. Jumba, Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/