Can't cd into directory

[Jonathan Arnold]

(Please reply to the mailing list, not me directly).

acidblue wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Arnold" 
> <jdarnold@buddydog.org>
> To: "acidblue" <acidrex@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:26 AM
> Subject: Re: Can't cd into directory
> 
> 
>> acidblue wrote:
>>
>>> acidblue wrote on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:18 AM:
>>>
>>>> I'm using the following syntax:
>>>> cd '/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings'
>>>> I get a " No such file or directory" message.
>>>> cygwin on WinXP installed to C:/
>>>>
>>>> I get this message no matter which directory I try to cd
>>>> into. Driving me nuts Please help.
>>>
>>> <Joerg.Schaible@Elsag-Solutions.com>
>>> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 12:26 AM
>>> Subject: RE: Can't cd into directory
>>>
>>> Please post output of
>>> mount -p
>>>
>>> Sure thing:
>>>
>>> acidblue@xpbox ~
>>> $ mount -p
>>> Prefix              Type         Flags
>>> /cygdrive           system       binmode
>>>
>>> acidblue@xpbox ~
>>> $
>>
>>
>> You should probably double check the pages found here:
>>
>> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
>>
>> in the Using Cygwin document. Probably you have a problem with
>> the mount table.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
>> Amazing Developments       http://www.buddydog.org
>>
>> I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. -
>>  William H. Mauldin
>>
> Ok I read the documents suggetsed and I am confused on how to mount my c 
> drive.
> could some one give me the right syntax,
> 'cause 'mount -s /c and mount -s c:\  won't work

Yes, those are not the correct commands. You need to tell it both
the win32 path and the posix path:

mount -s c:\\ /c

Assuming you're using the bash shell, you need to escape the first
'\' in the path.

But normally, if you cygdrive is /, you should have this already. Again,
check out the Problems report page, and try posting a new question, with
all the necessary info.

http://cygwin.com/problems.html

-- 
Jonathan Arnold     (mailto:jdarnold@buddydog.org)
Amazing Developments       http://www.buddydog.org

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages. -
  William H. Mauldin


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