On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM Aurélien Couderc <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 12:57 AM Takashi Yano <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 20:32:44 +0200 > > Aurélien Couderc wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM Takashi Yano <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:46:42 +0200 > > > > Aurélien Couderc wrote: > > > > > Cygwin: > > > > > > > > > > /usr/bin/mount with UNC path does not work on Cygwin 3.7 (todays > > > > > version). > > > > > > > > > > Example: > > > > > mkdir nfsdata > > > > > /usr/bin/mount '\\66.9.20.44@NFS@2049\nfspool' $PWD/nfspool > > > > > > > > > > But $PWD/nfspool is empty then, while ls -l > > > > > //66.9.20.44@NFS@2049/nfspool shows directory content. > > > > > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > > > > > /usr/bin/mount //66.9.20.44@NFS@2049/nfspool > > > > > > No, that only prints: > > > mount: can't find //66.9.20.44@NFS@2049/nfspool in /etc/fstab or in > > > /etc/fstab.d/$USER > > > > Ah, sorry. I meant: > > > > > I also tried > > > mkdir nfspool > > > /usr/bin/mount '//66.9.20.44@NFS@2049/nfspool' $PWD/nfspool > > > > of cource. > > > > > that succeeded, but a cd nfspool then fails. > > I think I found the issue; > The /usr/bin/mount and cd works if $PWD is on NTFS, but fails if $PWD > is on SMB or NFS. > > Is this a Cygwin bug?
Testcase: After the cd nfspool do a cygwin -w "$PWD" In my case this reports the path of the base filesystem and not the UNC path passed to /usr/bin/mount. Aurélien -- Aurélien Couderc <[email protected]> Big Data/Data mining expert, chess enthusiast -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
