Mail Archives: cygwin/1998/12/11/21:12:41
I have a question concerning the directory tree structure that works best
with cygwin B20.1. I am trying a new setup. I have dedicated a 2GB drive
to cygwin and cygwin alone. My desire is to set up the directory structure
to facilitate the porting and installation of unix programs.
I found message:
http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32/1998-Nov/0614.html
and read with interest the web pages it suggested:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ .
I now have some questions. B20.1 was installed in:
F:\cygnus\cygwin-b20
I realize that I could have chosen F:\ and it would have installed in
F:\cygwin-b20
Regardless, I am wondering how this would fit in to the "standard"
directory structure detailed in the web page. Some specific questions:
(1) There are /etc and /share directories under cygwin-b20. However,
FHS suggests that /share should be under /usr/share. Should I make a
usr directory as F:\usr\share? Or should I mount
F:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\share as /usr/share? Should I make a F:\etc
directory or mount /etc to F:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\etc? I am wary of
making the mounts, because if I install other programs and then
upgrade b20, then I loose those files.
(2) Similarly for the man and info directories--where should they go?
I've seen some mention of untarring them into the cygwin-b20 directory.
I assume the are then mounted to /usr/info and /usr/man?
Is there a difference in performance between making the directory and
mounting the directory? I would guess not, but would appreciate any
insight.
Thanks in advance,
-Dan Karipides
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karipid AT mae DOT cornell DOT edu
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