* utils.sgml (mount): Clarify setting cygdrive prefix for user

and system-wide.
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Corinna Vinschen 2005-04-20 12:25:43 +00:00
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2005-04-20 Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
* utils.sgml (mount): Clarify setting cygdrive prefix for user
and system-wide.
2005-03-24 Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
* cygcheck.cc (init_paths): Use full path instead of "." for the

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</screen>
</example>
<para>Note that if you set a new prefix in this manner, you can
specify the <literal>-s</literal> flag to make this the system-wide default
prefix. By default, the cygdrive-prefix applies only to the system-wide setting.
<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.
You can always see the user and system cygdrive prefixes with the
<literal>-p</literal> option. Using the <literal>-b</literal>
flag with <literal>--change-cygdrive-prefix</literal> makes all new