On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Linda Walsh wrote: > Earnie Boyd wrote: >> >> Not in total. /usr/bin would only be available if the working device >> is the same as the device containing the link. > > ---- > ??? > I think you are confusing junctions with symlinks. > > symlinks can point to another device (including network > shares). >
It doesn't matter. If the working drive is E: and the symlink is on C: then /usr/bin doesn't exist on E: and /usr/bin/ls or any other binary will not work. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
