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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:49:14 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Mount points: /bin, /usr/bin
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In-Reply-To: <3A197EA2.E1E75DD2@home.com>; from superbiskit@home.com on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 02:42:26PM -0500

On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 02:42:26PM -0500, David A. Cobb wrote:
>I see that, as installed, "/bin" is a "real" directory in which all the
>binaries live,
>"/usr/bin" doesn't have any content.  However, "X11R6" apparently needs
>to live
>at "/usr/bin/X11R6 (real)."  There could be others with similar
>requirements.
>
>I also read (I think) that a lot of transported utilities would break
>without "/usr/bin."
>
>Can I move things and change the mount so that "/usr/bin" (At
>"C:\\usr\\bin") is the real directory and "/bin" is the mount point that
>routes requests to that point?

You can move things around any way you want.  It's your system.

I was under the impression that the software in the cygwin-xfree project
was cygwin-specific and would understand cygwin mounts.

If not, you can always just do this:

mount -f -b -x c:\usr\bin\X11R6 /usr/bin/X11R6

cgf

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