Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: From: Kevin Schnitzius To: "'nasser abbasi'" , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: RE: /usr/bin and /bin, same directory? and other weirdness Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 11:39:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" mount | grep usr Kevin -----Original Message----- From: nasser abbasi [mailto:nabbasi AT pacbell DOT net] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 11:39 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: /usr/bin and /bin, same directory? and other weirdness hi; cygwin 1.3.2 on win2k. installed under c:\cygwin. look how weird: compare c:\cygwin with "/", OK: bash-2.05$ ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin | wc 12 12 81 bash-2.05$ ls / | wc 12 12 81 compare c:\cygwin\usr\bin with /usr/bin shows different directory! bash-2.05$ ls -l /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin | wc 1 2 8 bash-2.05$ ls -l /usr/bin | wc 601 5484 40130 Also, /usr/bin and /bin seems to be the same directory. ls -l does not show a soft link. Is this a hard link? why ls -l does not say so? bash-2.05$ ls -l /bin | wc 601 5484 40130 bash-2.05$ ls -l /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin | wc 601 5484 40130 what Ami missing? Nasser -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/