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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:41:37 -0400
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Subject: Re: directories via. cygwin/windows
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Jim Easton wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Could someone please explain to me what is going on or direct me
> to documentation that would explain it or perhaps to a more
> appropriate list.
> 
> If I cd to:
> /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/jim/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files
> ls shows:
> Content.IE5  Content.MSO  desktop.ini
> 
> Whereas if I go to the same directory via. windows it show hundreds of
> files, not including "Content.IE5", but most of which (not all) can be found 
> somewhere in the directory "Content.IE5" via. cygwin.
> 
> Furthermore a file created, via. cygwin, in "Temporary Internet Files"
> or any of it's subdirectories it does not show up in the window's list.
> 
> However a file created in his neighbour viz.
> /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/jim/Local Settings/Temp
> does show up in the window's list of Temp.
> 
> Being a long time unix user I tentatively conclude that the windows
> rendering of "Temporary Internet Files" is not actually the same as
> the one accessed via. cygwin, even though their paths appear to be
> the same.  So I wonder if cygwin can access the actual windows
> directory.


You're better off comparing the results of "dir" from the Windows command
prompt (without a running Cygwin shell) to the results you get from the
Cygwin shell in the same directory.  Keep in mind that Cygwin uses "mount"
to redirect certain directories (/usr/bin, /usr/lib, and /) so you will see
a mismatch for these directories.  See "man mount" for more info.


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