Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/04/12/12:56:46
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Jeff Hawk wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: On Behalf
> > Of Thorsten Kampe
> > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 11:03 AM
> > To: cygwin AT XXXXXX DOT XXX
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
> > Subject: RE: bash: tar: command not found
> >
> >
> > \cygwin\usr\bin and \cygwin\usr\lib are /real/ directories created by
> > the initial Cygwin installation routine. He shouldn't delete those
> > directories - just keep them empty...
>
> Not true...
>
> I have Cygwin installed and there is NO c:\cygwin\usr\bin directory
>
> As has been mentioned before, /usr/bin is a *mount* point, not a real
> directory.
>
> 0> mount
> C:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) <<<<<<<<<<<
> C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
>
> Like that ^^^^^^^^^^^
Having a real /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin directory is harmless. Cygwin
shadows it with a mount. Files in that directory do not break Cygwin --
they are simply ignored. It was useful to have it with older versions of
Cygwin, to allow tab completion of .../bin and .../lib in /usr. I believe
the newer Cygwin DLL versions manifest mounts and virtual filesystems as
directory entries, and thus having the real /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin
(and .../lib) is not necessary anymore.
HTH,
Igor
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