On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, CBFalconer wrote:
> I get the following from the bash shell:
>
> > chuck@AEYRIEONE ~
> > $ which whatis
> > /usr/bin/whatis
> >
> > chuck@AEYRIEONE ~
> > $ ls -lap /usr/bin/wha*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 chuck unknown 1743 Apr 20 2000 /usr/bin/whatis
> >
> > chuck@AEYRIEONE ~
> > $ ls -lap /bin/wha*
> > -rwxr-xr-x 1 chuck unknown 1743 Apr 20 2000 /bin/whatis
>
> however I find the following from the DOS/4dos shell:
>
> > [1] c:\cygwin>dir /a: usr\bin\
> >
> > Volume in drive C is WD30-PRI41 Serial number is 3CE4:239B
> > Directory of C:\cygwin\usr\bin\*
> >
> > 10-11-02 4:09 <DIR> .
> > 10-11-02 4:09 <DIR> ..
> > 0 bytes in 0 files and 2 dirs
> >
> > [1] c:\cygwin>dir /a: bin\wha*
> >
> > Volume in drive C is WD30-PRI41 Serial number is 3CE4:239B
> > Directory of C:\cygwin\bin\wha*
> >
> > 4-20-00 20:51 1,743 whatis
> > 1,743 bytes in 1 file and 0 dirs 4,096 bytes allocated
>
> In other words the apparent directories existing under cygwin are
> actually empty! For my own peace of mind I would like to know
> what machinations are occurring :-)
'man mount'
Igor
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