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As I understand it, </usr/bin> is mounted on </bin>; everything should be in </cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin> and nothing in </cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin>. Well, the other day I noticed the following (using Windows Explorer): C:\cygwin\bin\ 1,636 files C:\cygwin\usr\bin\ 1,477 files I then looked at everything that was in both </cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin> and </cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin>. - 'ls' showed that everything had identical timestamps and permissions. - 'cmp' showed that everything were identical. The attachment <unique.txt> contains lists of the 12 files that are in </cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin> but not </cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin> and the 171 files in </cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin> but not </cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin>. I have been installing everything via setup. I do have some packages from cygports and things that I've compiled OOTB myself, but they should all be in </usr/local/bin>. I'd really rather have only one copy of each file. So my main questions are: - Is it is safe for me to delete the duplicated files from </usr/bin> and move the unique files from </usr/bin> to </bin>? - Is there something else that I should do? Questions for my education (meaning no answer is expect): - Is this normal or common? - How does/might the duplication happen? - Would emptying </cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin> and reinstalling everything work? (I'd do the experiment but I'm reluctant.) cygcheck.out is attached. Thanks. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
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