Re: Linux and the Windows user


Subject: Re: Linux and the Windows user
From: civileme (civileme@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 14:01:30 AKDT


On Friday 21 June 2002 07:47 am, Mike Barsalou wrote:
> I got a crazy idea....would it be possible to create a symlink that would
> be called
>
>
> c:\
>
>

[root@v5 /]# mkdir -p /c\:\\
[root@v5 /]# ls
1 boot/ dev/ home/ initrd/ lib/ oh1/ opt/ root/ tmp/ var/
bin/ c:\/ etc/ home1/ iso/ mnt/ oh2/ proc/ sbin/ usr/
[root@v5 /]# ln -fs /c\:\\ /mnt/windows_c

The link is for the tools that look for /mnt/windows and/or closest matches
to /mnt/windows.

Good enough?

Now for a script that names all the subdirectories in the same style... ;-)

Civileme

>
> ?
>
>
> Then when they refer to the directory, which would point to their home
> dir...the could call it c:\ instead.
>
> Crazy right?
>
> Mike
>
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