Cygwin: /usr/bin/mount with UNC path does not work

Aurélien Couderc via Cygwin <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:46:42 +0200

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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?

Aurélien
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