jean-luc malet wrote: > there is obviously a kind of vfs.... else /cygdrive/C or / wouldn't > exist. /dev/null neither.... as long as the fs shown to the > application isn't the same as the one of the native OS there is a > vfs... Ah, fhandlers: http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/winsup/cygwin/how-fhandlers-work.txt?cvsroot=src cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/