Cygwin creates a mount point from /bin -> /usr/bin. Run the 'mount' command (no options needed) to see your Cygwin mount points. DOS/Windows has no knowledge of these.
> -----Original Message----- > From: CBFalconer [mailto:cbfalconer@;yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: What's going on here with directory contents? > > > 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 :-) > > -- > Chuck F ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. > <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> USE worldnet address! > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
