On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:09:48PM -0500, Matthew Woehlke wrote: >PCYMTNQREAIYR, especially don't quote cygwin AT cygwin DOT com! > >Jeff Hawk wrote: >>Thorsten Kampe wrote: >>>\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. > >Just saying that is only half the story (and somewhat misleading), as >Cygwin is actually "odd" in allowing this non-standard behavior. On most >POSIX systems, a "real directory" is *required* for a mount point. > >The "shadowing" behavior Igor mentioned is normal in the POSIX world. >However it does appear to be the case that the current 1.5.x Cygwin >fully "pretends" that the mount points exist for you without actually >requiring real directories.
And Cygwin is even odder in that the mount point doesn't have to even be a directory. cgf -- 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/
