On Jan 18 16:49, Linda A. Walsh wrote: > Oh, sorry Brian -- flash update. Have you upgraded in the past > 45 hours? Then you might have the newest feature implemented > by Christopher. > > Is there any logic to doing this for /proc and /cygdrive and not > /dev?
The logic is that /dev should be a real directory, to allow stuff like creating the /dev/log unix domain socket when running syslogd, or for instance symlinks like /dev/tape -> /dev/st0 as expected by mt(1). If /dev is an emulated only directory, both of the above examples would fail. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
