https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=6363caef2d7a293dd3b95675b537877e16c8fcd0
commit 6363caef2d7a293dd3b95675b537877e16c8fcd0
Author: Corinna Vinschen <cori...@vinschen.de>
AuthorDate: Fri Feb 14 12:24:03 2025 +0100
Commit: Corinna Vinschen <cori...@vinschen.de>
CommitDate: Fri Feb 14 12:24:03 2025 +0100
Cygwin: pathnames.xml: explain dir mounts since 3.6.0
Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <cori...@vinschen.de>
Diff:
---
winsup/doc/pathnames.xml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
index f0b5a19632cf..83aca953b707 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml
@@ -252,6 +252,26 @@ arguments:</para>
</screen>
</example>
+<para>Starting with Cygwin 3.6.0, the <function>getmntent(3)</function>
+function exposes Windows mount points of partitions mounted into a directory
+of another drive as if they are cygdrive mounts. This affects the content
+of <filename>/proc/mounts</filename> as well as the output of
+<command>mount</command>.</para>
+
+<para>For instance, consider you have two local disks, one containing the
+<filename>C:</filename> drive, the other disk has one partition mounted
+into <filename>C:\docs</filename>. The output from mount will now show this
+mount point like this:</para>
+
+<example id="pathnames-mount-dir">
+<title>Displaying Windows mount points as cygdrives</title>
+<screen>
+ <prompt>bash$</prompt> <userinput>mount | grep cygdrive</userinput>
+ C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
+ C:/docs on /cygdrive/c/docs type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
+</screen>
+</example>
+
<para>You can also use the <command>mount</command> command to add
new mount points, and the <command>umount</command> to delete
them. However, since they are only stored in memory, these mount
