[rsync@b] Re: rsync and cygwin

[Lapo Luchini]

Bert wrote:

> While I don't know the cygwin architecture details, it looks like the 
> /cygdrive functionality is a part of cygwin.dll and can be used 
> without a parent bash shell. 

It is part of it's POSIX-layerness, indeed, and it's storen in the 
registry, so it needs no "startup script" to set it up:

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#MOUNT-TABLE
The mapping is stored in the current user's Cygwin /mount table/ in the 
Windows registry so that the information will be retrieved next time the 
user logs in. Because it is sometimes desirable to have system-wide as 
well as user-specific mounts, there is also a system-wide mount table 
that all Cygwin users inherit. The system-wide table may only be 
modified by a user with the appropriate priviledges (Administrator 
priviledges in Windows NT).

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