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

Takashi Yano via Cygwin <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:04:12 +0900

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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

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