X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SARE_MSGID_LONG45 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:13:14 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Setup.exe: resets /home symlink to directory when run From: Alex Leigh To: cygwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Ah, that's brilliant. It works great now, thanks so much! Best, Alex On 22/04/2010 10:42, Alex Leigh wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Apologizes if my question is addressed somewhere. It cropped up just recently on this very list! http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-04/threads.html#00126 To summarize the outcome of the discussion: use a mountpoint rather than a symlink. The mountpoint will overlay (and override) the then-harmless directory that setup recreates each time. Plus it's a bit faster than a symlink :) cheers, DaveK -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple