Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <20001120210255.24561.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 13:02:55 -0800 (PST) From: Earnie Boyd Subject: Re: Mount points: /bin, /usr/bin To: "David A. Cobb" , Cygwin List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --- "David A. Cobb" wrote: > I see that, as installed, "/bin" is a "real" directory in which all the > binaries live, > "/usr/bin" doesn't have any content. However, "X11R6" apparently needs > to live > at "/usr/bin/X11R6 (real)." There could be others with similar > requirements. > > I also read (I think) that a lot of transported utilities would break > without "/usr/bin." > > Can I move things and change the mount so that "/usr/bin" (At > "C:\\usr\\bin") is the real directory and "/bin" is the mount point that > routes requests to that point? > Why!?!? The reason that /usr/bin exists as a mount point is for this reason. With the way that Cygwin is setup by default /usr/bin/X11R6 shouldn't present any problems. However, if you change things you'll have to remember to do you own thing with setup.exe as the one Cygwin provides won't work for you. Do you really want this hassle? Cheers, ===== Earnie Boyd mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com --- --- --- Cygwin: POSIX on Windows --- --- Minimalist GNU for Windows --- __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! http://calendar.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com