On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Jeff Hawk wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: On Behalf > > Of Thorsten Kampe > > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:03 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks. > > Subject: RE: bash: tar: command not found > > > > > > \cygwin\usr\bin and \cygwin\usr\lib are /real/ directories created by > > the initial Cygwin installation routine. He shouldn't delete those > > directories - just keep them empty... > > Not true... > > I have Cygwin installed and there is NO c:\cygwin\usr\bin directory > > As has been mentioned before, /usr/bin is a *mount* point, not a real > directory. > > 0> mount > C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) <<<<<<<<<<< > C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) > C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode) > > Like that ^^^^^^^^^^^ Having a real /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin directory is harmless. Cygwin shadows it with a mount. Files in that directory do not break Cygwin -- they are simply ignored. It was useful to have it with older versions of Cygwin, to allow tab completion of .../bin and .../lib in /usr. I believe the newer Cygwin DLL versions manifest mounts and virtual filesystems as directory entries, and thus having the real /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin (and .../lib) is not necessary anymore. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Freedom is just another word for "nothing left to lose"... -- Janis Joplin -- 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/
