X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <49DD76D8.1060703@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:17:28 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: duplicate *.exe commands References: <20090409022312.19895.qmail@smasher.org> <49DD6D23.2080607@cygwin.com> <49DD78AC.6070203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <49DD78AC.6070203@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 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". 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. :-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/