Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/07/23/16:06:57
David,
I also don't think you do but I've seen mount lists that show things
like /usr/X11R6/bin as a mount point and I don't understand why this is
necessary, especially when /usr is already mounted. Unless X11R6/bin is on
a different drive (logical or physical).
Does that make sense?
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robinow, David" <drobinow AT dayton DOT adroit DOT com>
To: "'Jim George'" <jim DOT george AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:31 PM
Subject: RE: Odd mount and path problem
> I'm not sure you do. Could you give me an example?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim George [mailto:jim DOT george AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 1:12 PM
> > To: Robinow, David
> > Subject: Re: Odd mount and path problem
> >
> >
> > David,
> >
> > thanks for pitching in but I don't think it answers my question.
> >
> > Why do I have to explicitly mount sub-directories of
> > /cygwin when they
> > are mentioned in my PATH statement(s)?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jim
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robinow, David" <drobinow AT dayton DOT adroit DOT com>
> > To: "'Larry V. Streepy, Jr.'" <streepy AT healthlanguage DOT com>
> > Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 6:05 PM
> > Subject: RE: Odd mount and path problem
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: Larry V. Streepy, Jr. [mailto:streepy AT healthlanguage DOT com]
> > > > Subject: Re: Odd mount and path problem
> > > >
> > > > I got an explanation that had something to do with the
> > current drive
> > > > affecting the way /cygdrive is interpreted. However, I
> > wasn't using
> > > > /cygdrive in my path, so I don't understand the real
> > reason that you
> > > > have to include the drive letter in mount table.
> > > I think you misinterpreted the answer. /cygdrive has
> > nothing to do with
> > > this.
> > >
> > > The mount point:
> > > \cygwin\sbin on /sbin type system (binmode)
> > > means that if cygwin sees a file spec /sbin/blah/what.txt
> > > It looks in the mount table for /sbin/blah. Assuming
> > that's not found it
> > > looks for /sbin. That exists and so it looks for the file in
> > > \cygwin\sbin\blah\what.txt
> > > What disk drive would you expect to find that file in?
> > Well, for as long
> > as
> > > I can remember, Microsoft has looked in what is known as
> > the "current
> > > drive". That means your mount point changes every time you
> > change your
> > > current directory to a different drive.
> > > I don't think "mount" should allow you to do this. I
> > consider it a bug.
> > > mount should require a drive letter.
> > > Note that the location of the "/" mount point is not
> > relevant here. It
> > > would only be looked at, in the above case, if there were
> > no /sbin mount
> > > point.
> > > >
> > > > Jim George wrote:
> > > > > From: "Larry V. Streepy, Jr." <streepy AT healthlanguage DOT com>
> > > > > Subject: Re: Odd mount and path problem
> > > > >>Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> > > > >>>>d:\cygwin\home on /home type system (binmode)
> > > > >>>>\cygwin\sbin on /sbin type system (binmode)
> > > > >>>>\cygwin\bin on /bin type system (binmode)
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>basic response is :
> > > > >>>you miss the DOS drive letter in your mount points
> > > > >>>and the / moint point looks wrong (maybe d:\cygwin ?):
> > > > >>>D: on / type system (binmode)
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Excellent - that was the problem, although I really
> > don't understand
> > > > >>why. Once d:/ is mounted on /, why do I need to qualify
> > > > >> all the other mount points?
> > > > >>
> > > > > Did you get an answer to this Larry?
> > >
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