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On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:09:48PM -0500, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
>PCYMTNQREAIYR, especially don't quote cygwin AT cygwin DOT com!
>
>Jeff Hawk wrote:
>>Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>>>\cygwin\usr\bin and \cygwin\usr\lib are /real/ directories created by
>>>the initial Cygwin installation routine. He shouldn't delete those
>>>directories - just keep them empty...
>>
>>Not true...
>>
>>I have Cygwin installed and there is NO c:\cygwin\usr\bin directory
>>
>>As has been mentioned before, /usr/bin is a *mount* point, not a real 
>>directory.
>
>Just saying that is only half the story (and somewhat misleading), as 
>Cygwin is actually "odd" in allowing this non-standard behavior. On most 
>POSIX systems, a "real directory" is *required* for a mount point.
>
>The "shadowing" behavior Igor mentioned is normal in the POSIX world. 
>However it does appear to be the case that the current 1.5.x Cygwin 
>fully "pretends" that the mount points exist for you without actually 
>requiring real directories.

And Cygwin is even odder in that the mount point doesn't have to even
be a directory.

cgf

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