X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <43CFDBF9.90205@tlinx.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:35:37 -0800 From: "Linda. A. Walsh" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: find reports an internal system loop on cygdrive References: <43CEDB96.5000207@tlinx.org> <20060119002539.GA2407@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <43CEE205.4070408@tlinx.org> <20060119093109.GG8318@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Ok...sounds logical. The warning message about the duplicate inode may be confusing for those not used to seeing it. I haven't figured out a way around it (I've had the message for a long time as I have my 'cygdrive' prefix mapped to "/"). -l Igor Peshansky wrote: >On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > >>On Jan 18 16:49, Linda A. Walsh wrote: >> >> >>>Oh, sorry Brian -- flash update. Have you upgraded in the past >>>45 hours? Then you might have the newest feature implemented >>>by Christopher. >>> >>>Is there any logic to doing this for /proc and /cygdrive and not >>>/dev? >>> >>> >>The logic is that /dev should be a real directory, to allow stuff like >>creating the /dev/log unix domain socket when running syslogd, or for >>instance symlinks like /dev/tape -> /dev/st0 as expected by mt(1). >> >>If /dev is an emulated only directory, both of the above examples would >>fail. >> >> > >FWIW, you can have /dev as a real directory populated by virtual devices. > Igor > > -- 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/