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| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/utils/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | winsup/utils/utils.sgml | 30 |
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diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog index 696b194ab..8ba222ba3 100644 --- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ 2009-03-02 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + * utils.sgml: Set example prompt to "$" throughout. Don't use "/" + as example cygdrive prefix. Remove reference to -u and -s options. + Add an example using the -o flag. + +2009-03-02 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> + * mount.cc (mount_entries): Handle a "/" cygdrive prefix correctly. Add comments. diff --git a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml index e71de7d64..1d76451fd 100644 --- a/winsup/utils/utils.sgml +++ b/winsup/utils/utils.sgml @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ When asked to run this command save the output so that you can email it, for example:</para> <screen> -<prompt>C:\cygwin></prompt> <userinput>cygcheck -s -v -r -h > cygcheck_output.txt</userinput> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cygcheck -s -v -r -h > cygcheck_output.txt</userinput> </screen> </sect2> @@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ will display the current mount table for you.</para> <example id="utils-mount-ex"> <title>Displaying the current set of mount points</title> <screen> -<prompt>c:\cygwin\></prompt> <userinput>mount</userinput> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>mount</userinput> c:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary) c:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary) c:\cygwin on / type ntfs (binary) @@ -756,11 +756,11 @@ for the duration of the current session. <example id="utils-mount-add-ex"> <title>Adding mount points</title> <screen> -<prompt>c:\cygwin\></prompt> <userinput>ls /data</userinput> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>ls /data</userinput> ls: /data: No such file or directory -<prompt>c:\cygwin\></prompt> <userinput>mount //pollux/home/joe/data /data</userinput> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>mount //pollux/home/joe/data /data</userinput> mount: warning - /data does not exist! -<prompt>c:\cygwin\></prompt> <userinput>mount</userinput> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>mount</userinput> //pollux/home/joe/data on /data type smbfs (binary) c:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary) c:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary) @@ -826,24 +826,32 @@ mount table, then <filename>z:\</filename> will be accessible as <filename>/cygdrive/z</filename>. The <command>mount</command> utility can be used to change this default automount prefix through the use of the "--change-cygdrive-prefix" option. In the following example, we will -set the automount prefix to <filename>/</filename>:</para> +set the automount prefix to <filename>/mnt</filename>:</para> <example id="utils-cygdrive-ex"> <title>Changing the default prefix</title> <screen> -<prompt>c:\cygwin\></prompt> <userinput>mount --change-cygdrive-prefix /</userinput> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>mount --change-cygdrive-prefix /mnt</userinput> </screen> </example> <para>Note that the cygdrive prefix can be set both per-user and system-wide, and that as with all mounts, a user-specific mount takes precedence over the system-wide setting. The <command>mount</command> utility creates system-wide -mounts by default if you do not specify a type. Use the <literal>-s</literal> -or <literal>-u</literal> flag to indicate a system or user mount, respectively. +mounts by default if you do not specify a type. You can always see the user and system cygdrive prefixes with the -<literal>-p</literal> option. Using the <literal>-b</literal> +<literal>-p</literal> option. Using the <literal>--options</literal> flag with <literal>--change-cygdrive-prefix</literal> makes all new -automounted filesystems default to binary mode file accesses.</para> +automounted filesystems default to this set of options. For instance +(using the short form of the command line flags)</para> + +<example id="utils-cygdrive-ex2"> +<title>Changing the default prefix with specific mount options</title> +<screen> +<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>mount -c /mnt -o binary,noacl</userinput> +</screen> +</example> + </sect3> |