Tried to remove cygdrive prefix, ended up "lost" in my filesystem

Wed Oct 2 23:45:00 GMT 2013

Hello!
I've tried the mount -c / command, as well as the changes in fstab
with a restart and it still doesnt work! Am I missing something?
On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote:
> Greetings, Diego Mesa!
>>> I have tried as suggested in [#1] and used the mount command as
>> follows but it still doesnt work. However, my ~ is indeed my ~
>> For all your struggles, I think there's one point that you're missing.
> For /etc/fstab changes to take effect, any and all applications using
> cygwin1.dll should be stopped first.
> Easiest is to restart a box.
>>> ~:pwd
>> /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>> ~:cat /etc/fstab
>> # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>> # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>> # This is default anyway:
>> none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>> #none / cygdrive binary 0 0%
>>> ~:mount -c /
>>> ~:pwd
>> /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>>> Note: for some strange reason the listserv isnt making it to my inbox.
>> Im checking it from: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html
>> and so my responses aren't showing up correctly.
>>> [#1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-10/msg00012.html
>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I tried removing the first line, but still appear in some no mands
>>> land directory:
>>>>>> :cat /et/fstab
>>> # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>> # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>>>> # This is default anyway:
>>> #none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>> none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>>>>> :pwd
>>> /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>>>>> :ls -al
>>> .bashrc
>>>>>> The actual contents of C/users/myname are all of my custom files which
>>> are not showing up here.
>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Diego Mesa <diego898@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>> Ive seen and done as suggested on this realted question [#1] about
>>>> removing cygdrive prefix but am still unable to get ride of the
>>>> /cygdrive/c prefix, and have encountered even stranger errors!
>>>>>>>> My True directory
>>>> :pwd
>>>> /cygdrive/c/Users/myname
>>>> :ls
>>>> file1
>>>> file2
>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> My Fstab
>>>> :cat /etc/fstab
>>>> # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>> # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>>>>>> # This is default anyway:
>>>> none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>>>>>> As a matter of fact, when I add the answer from that question, my ~
>>>> directory is no longer my actual home directory!
>>>>>>>> :cat /etc/fstab
>>>> # For a description of the file format, see the Users Guide
>>>> # http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
>>>>>>>> # This is default anyway:
>>>> none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
>>>> none / cygdrive binary 0 0
>>>>>>>> :ls
>>>> .bashrc
>>>> .zshrc
>>>>>>>> and those are empty/not my real ones! What can I do?
>>>>>>>>>>>> [#1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/44677/how-do-i-get-rid-of-cygwins-cygdrive-prefix-in-all-paths
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> WBR,
> Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 03.10.2013, <03:33>
>> Sorry for my terrible english...
>
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