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Re: /bin & /usr/bin
- From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:59:26 -0500
- Subject: Re: /bin & /usr/bin
- References: <498DEDD8.2080301@veritech.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
Peter Rosin wrote:
> Den 2009-02-07 00:37 skrev Lee D.Rothstein:
>> >>
>> >> "First, PATH must include the Windows path of the /bin, where
typically
>> >> both mintty.exe and cygwin1.dll' will be found. Remember, this
is a"
>> Here, I think I have the path right, since, the Windows equivalent
of '/bin'
>> is 'c:\Cygwin\bin', which means I don't understand the following
comment
>> at all:
> My (minor) point was that from the mintty point of view, the fact
> that /bin and /usr/bin are equivalent is a coincidence - it's a
> Cygwin quirk. Since mintty installs in /usr/bin,
Not on my Vista 64b System! Everything is in /bin, (c:\_r\bin) NOTHING is
in /usr/bin. (c:\_r\usr\bin). I thought, I had remembered that, in prior
systems almost the reverse was true, but I checked before I wrote the last
reply (and checked again, just now).
As everyone has implied, all items in /bin, are accessible through
/usr/bin.
Is my system different? Why? Pilot error?
No. In a default installation, there will be a 'C:\usr\bin' and a
'C:\usr\lib' that are empty as far as Windows is concerned. 'C:\bin'
and 'C:\lib' are mounted to these directories, respectively, so that
they are equivalent in the Cygwin environment. See the output of
'mount' for further clarification.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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