Save typing /cygdrive/c?

Tue Jan 28 22:45:00 GMT 2003

Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> 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 <http://cygwin.com/packages/> 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
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