X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,TW_MK X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <50643F9D.601@tlinx.org> References: <505C438B.4040902@gmail.com> <505EC94B.3040108@gmail.com> <50643F9D.601@tlinx.org> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:23:48 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7 From: Earnie Boyd To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Linda Walsh wrote: > Jiri Engelthaler wrote: >> >> 2012/9/23 marco atzeri : >> >> >> And if I'm looking a way how to avoid this ...buggy feature..., my >> answer is yes. If someone can help me with how to run gcc compiler >> (see first post) which looks in ../libexec/...... for cc1.exe, I'll be >> happy. My question is still same: How to access ../libexec directory >> from bin directory. >> > --- > Since /usr/bin doesn't exist outside of cygwin, you are free to put a > softlinke (in cmd.exe, cd \usr, mklink /d bin ..\bin; > > Then whether you are in windows or in cygwin , you 'll see /usr/bin pointing > to the same content as /bin. > > Same for any other dual mapped dirs... > > Would that work for you? Not in total. /usr/bin would only be available if the working device is the same as the device containing the link. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- 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