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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:35:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: /bin /usr/bin some files ???
To: "Shamsutdinov, Salikhyan" <salikhyan DOT shamsutdinov AT intel DOT com>,
        "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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--- "Shamsutdinov, Salikhyan" <salikhyan DOT shamsutdinov AT intel DOT com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All!
> Please explain me what is the difference between some of binaries in /bin
> and /usr/bin folder. They have the same name but size is much difference. Is
> it possible to concatenate this folders to run everything from one folder.
> Or please link me to appropriate doc about this.
> 

/usr/bin is a mount point pointing to /bin.  The sizes of the files should show
exactly the same as there are indeed the same files.

Did you install into an existing directory?


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