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Date: | Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:42:57 +0100 |
From: | Dave Korn <dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: duplicate *.exe commands |
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Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >>> Now, to anticipate your next question, '/usr/bin/cat.exe' and >>> '/bin/cat.exe' are not duplicates either. See the results of typing >>> 'mount'. >> >> That was the exact opposite of what you meant to say, wasn't it? >> /usr/bin/* >> and /bin/* absolutely are duplicates of each other, as you hoped to >> point out >> by showing them mounted to the same place. > > I guess that depends on what you mean by "duplicates". Ah, I see your point. > I meant it as in > one is not a copy of the other. They are the same file as viewed from > two different directory paths. Delete one in one path and the other goes > too. A "duplicate" to me means that I could delete '/usr/bin/cat.exe', for > example, and still have '/bin/cat.exe'. This is not the case with Cygwin. > Hopefully that clarifies things for everyone. :-) Yes, they are not so much "duplicates" as "aliases" of each other. cheers, DaveK -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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