X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:59:26 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: unkown proc directory in root Message-ID: <20070219095926.GD11586@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <195b3f1f0702190027o1425c0ecv307405e111c79fcb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <195b3f1f0702190027o1425c0ecv307405e111c79fcb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Feb 19 17:27, Wynfield Henman wrote: > I just noticed a new (or I just noticed it) directory in what should > be the root directory or C:\cygwin, which should be the same as I > understand it. But, why do I get different contents, i.e., an > interesting subdirectory "proc" only shows up on ls /, but not > ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin as shown below: > > $ ls / > bin cygwin.bat debug.log home libexec sbin usr > cygdrive cygwin.ico etc lib proc tmp var > > > $ ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin > bin cygwin.bat debug.log home libexec tmp var > cygdrive cygwin.ico etc lib sbin usr /proc is a virtual directory. It doesn't exist on the disk. It's the same /proc as on Linux, just smaller and more restricted in its properties. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/