From a30482a386169c4b242733f260d503d8974dbaf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:25:43 +0000 Subject: * utils.sgml (mount): Clarify setting cygdrive prefix for user and system-wide. --- winsup/utils/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ 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 + + * utils.sgml (mount): Clarify setting cygdrive prefix for user + and system-wide. + 2005-03-24 Brian Dessent * 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 /: -Note that if you set a new prefix in this manner, you can -specify the -s flag to make this the system-wide default -prefix. By default, the cygdrive-prefix applies only to the system-wide setting. +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 mount utility creates system-wide +mounts by default if you do not specify a type. Use the -s +or -u flag to indicate a system or user mount, respectively. You can always see the user and system cygdrive prefixes with the -p option. Using the -b flag with --change-cygdrive-prefix makes all new -- cgit v1.2.3