* Daniel D (Sun, 1 Apr 2012 07:49:49 +0000 (UTC)) > > > Thorsten Kampe <thorsten <at> thorstenkampe.de> writes: > > > * Daniel D (Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:52:35 -0700) > > > > > > > > Is ~ allowed on a smb share name when mounting it? I keep getting > > > > errors > > > > while trying to mount //server/~foo via fstab. > > > > > > > > If yes, can someone give me some tips for what to do to mount a share > > > > named > > > > \\server\~foo ? > > > > [...] > > > > It looks like mount command does not like ~ in the smb share name, > > > though it > > > > is fine with ~ in the the mount point name. > > > > > That's a shell issue not a mount issue. ~foo refers to the home > > directory of user foo. Either escape the ~ or quote the argument > > containing the ~. > > Thank you for the quick reply, however I still could not make it work: > mount //server/\176foo /mnt/foo > prints out no error, as if everything works out, however > ls /mnt/foo
I said "escape or quote": mount //server/\~foo /mnt/foo mount "//server/~foo" /mnt/foo Thorsten -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple