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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:27:27 -0400
To: Robert Pollard <rpollard AT apple DOT com>, Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: XP and /tmp directory
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At 02:45 PM 9/15/2003, Robert Pollard you wrote:
>I have a situation where when i start cygwin, the program say's i have to create a folder /tmp.
>
>I saw one response to this post but it didn't give any detail as to what the permanent solution would be.  In other words, what do I have to do to make the program see /tmp wherever it is.
>
>Any ideas, thought, etc. are much appreciated.


'mkdir /tmp' from the bash prompt.  Or make a symlink to an 
existing directory you want to use as /tmp.  Or mount a directory 
as /tmp.


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