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Subject: Re: unkown proc directory in root
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On Feb 19 17:27, Wynfield Henman wrote:
> I just noticed a new (or I just noticed it) directory in what should
> be the root directory or C:\cygwin, which should be the same as I
> understand it.  But, why do I get different contents, i.e., an
> interesting subdirectory "proc" only shows up on  ls /, but not
> ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin as shown below:
> 
> $ ls /
> bin       cygwin.bat  debug.log  home  libexec  sbin  usr
> cygdrive  cygwin.ico  etc        lib   proc     tmp   var
> 
> 
> $ ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin
> bin       cygwin.bat  debug.log  home  libexec  tmp  var
> cygdrive  cygwin.ico  etc        lib   sbin     usr

/proc is a virtual directory.  It doesn't exist on the disk.  It's
the same /proc as on Linux, just smaller and more restricted in its
properties.


Corinna

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