X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:56:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: Jeff Hawk cc: Thorsten Kampe , "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: RE: bash: tar: command not found In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <461D6DBB.1000301@cygwin.com> <461D7F29.10405@cygwin.com> <014a01c77d17$0206ac20$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 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@XXXXXX.XXX . 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 -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Freedom is just another word for "nothing left to lose"... -- Janis Joplin -- 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/