Re: handle cygwin path from ldapsearch

[Tak Ota]

Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:58:42 -0400: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:

> >> Is this patch necessary on a cigwin build of Emacs?
> > I suppose so.  I'll build one and confirm this.
> 
> >> Is this patch necessary if you're using cygwin-mount.el?
> 
> > I am not familiar with cygwin-mount.el.  What does it do?
> 
> >> I.e. is this really specific to ldap.el ?
> 
> > In this case yes.  But the root of the problem is cygwin specific
> > path dialect (D:\ABC\DEF becomes /cygdrive/D/ABC/DEF).
> 
> Right, but this problem is not specific to ldap but to cygwin.
> When cygwin built, Emacs understands those filenames.
> As for cygin-mount.el, it makes non-cygwin Emacs understand those file names
> as well (by using a file-name-handler that rewrites them to the non-cygwin
> format).

Where can I find cygwin-mount.el?  Maybe that's the right answer.

-Tak