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Cygwin: Document /dev/disk/by-id and /dev/disk/by-partuuid

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Signed-off-by: Christian Franke <christian.franke@t-online.de>
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@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ What's new:
class expressions, and collating symbols in the search pattern, i.e.,
[:alnum:], [=a=], [.aa.].
- Introduce /dev/disk directory with subdirectories by-id and by-partuuid.
The by-id directory provides symlinks for each disk and its partitions:
BUSTYPE-[VENDOR_]PRODUCT_[SERIAL|HASH][-partN] -> ../../sdX[N].
The by-partuuid directory provides symlinks for each MBR and GPT disk
partition: MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN, GPT_GUID -> ../../sdXN.
- Introduce /proc/codesets and /proc/locales with information on
supported codesets and locales for all interested parties. Locale(1)
opens these files and uses the info for printing locale info like any

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@ -34,6 +34,20 @@ class expressions, and collating symbols in the search pattern, i.e.,
[:alnum:], [=a=], [.aa.].
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Introduce /dev/disk directory with subdirectories by-id and by-partuuid.
The by-id directory provides symlinks for each disk and its partitions:
<screen>
BUSTYPE-[VENDOR_]PRODUCT_[SERIAL|0xHASH][-partN] -> ../../sdX[N]
</screen>
The by-partuuid directory provides symlinks for each MBR and GPT disk
partition:
<screen>
MBR_SERIAL-OFFSET -> ../../sdXN
GPT_GUID -> ../../sdXN
</screen>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Introduce /proc/codesets and /proc/locales with information on supported
codesets and locales for all interested parties. Locale(1) opens these