X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:46:32 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: unkown proc directory in root Message-ID: <20070219194632.GC22965@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <195b3f1f0702190027o1425c0ecv307405e111c79fcb AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20070219095926 DOT GD11586 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070219095926.GD11586@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 10:59:26AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >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. And, it's been in cygwin for quite some time... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/