# HG changeset patch # User Oleksandr Gavenko # Date 1609751211 -7200 # Node ID 8c90e77138844c89ad65bbc2b07113d255808d1c # Parent 8407a34a1b5d0f4d23862267c79835d63e800c60 Discuss mount points earlier. diff -r 8407a34a1b5d -r 8c90e7713884 cygwin.rst --- a/cygwin.rst Mon Jan 04 10:48:34 2021 +0200 +++ b/cygwin.rst Mon Jan 04 11:06:51 2021 +0200 @@ -96,6 +96,24 @@ Altering ``LANG`` for anything other then ``C`` cause only problems, when you get help and error messages in non-English. It is mostlry impossible to search for keywords, when text are translated. +Mount points +============ + +In Cygwin the 3rd parameter (FS type) has special meaning: + +* ``cygdrive`` defines prefix to Windows disk letters like ``c:``. +* ``usertemp`` defines location of temp directory. + +``/etc/fstab``:: + + none /cygdrive none binary,posix=0,user,noacl 0 0 + c:/opt/ /opt none binary,noacl,user,posix=0 0 0 + d:/backup /backup none binary,noacl,user,posix=0 0 0 + /var /usr/var none bind + +https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table + The Cygwin Mount Table. Description of supported keys. + Users ===== @@ -327,24 +345,6 @@ https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/cygwin_dll_remapping_failure.md Handling repeated failures of rebaseall to allow cygwin remaps. -Adding mount points -=================== - -In Cygwin the 3rd parameter (FS type) has special meaning: - -* ``cygdrive`` defines prefix to Windows disk letters like ``c:``. -* ``usertemp`` defines location of temp directory. - -``/etc/fstab``:: - - none /cygdrive none binary,posix=0,user,noacl 0 0 - c:/opt/ /opt none binary,noacl,user,posix=0 0 0 - d:/backup /backup none binary,noacl,user,posix=0 0 0 - /var /usr/var none bind - -https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table - The Cygwin Mount Table. Description of supported keys. - Running X Window. ================= ::