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Re: how to change dir

by Christopher Faylor-8 :: Rate this Message:

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On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 08:13:27PM -0400, Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
> Lee Maschmeyer wrote:
>> Or you can use the Cygwin mount command. It took me several years(!) to
>> realize the power of this utility. You need do it only once because
>> they're permanent until you change them:
>
> cd 'x:\any windows\path will also\work'
>
> I do it all the time when "switching between" a windoze app path and an
> existant cygwin window.

Note that this will give you a warning in Cygwin 1.7 since you are using
non-POSIX path names.

cgf

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