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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2005-04-20 12:26:45 +0000
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2005-04-20 12:26:45 +0000
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* pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Indicate that user-specific
mounts override system-wide.
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+2005-04-20 Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
+
+ * pathnames.sgml (mount-table): Indicate that user-specific
+ mounts override system-wide.
+
2005-04-20 Gerd Spalink <Gerd.Spalink@t-online.de>
* fhandler-tut.txt: Update description to cygwin 1.5.13
diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml
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--- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml
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@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ v&lt;version&gt;"
where &lt;version&gt; is the latest registry version associated with
the Cygwin library (this version is not the same as the release
number). The system-wide table is located under the same subkeys
-under HKEY_LOCAL_SYSTEM.</para>
+under HKEY_LOCAL_SYSTEM. The user mount table takes precedence over
+the system-wide table if a path is mounted in both. This includes the
+setting of the cygdrive prefix.</para>
<para>Since Windows uses drive letters instead of a single filesystem
root, the POSIX root <filename>/</filename> must be set to a directory