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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:23:48 -0400
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Subject: Re: [BUG] Cygwin default mounts in 1.7
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Jiri Engelthaler wrote:
>>
>> 2012/9/23 marco atzeri :
>>
>>
>> And if I'm looking a way how to avoid this ...buggy feature..., my
>> answer is yes. If someone can help me with how to run gcc compiler
>> (see first post) which looks in ../libexec/...... for cc1.exe, I'll be
>> happy. My question is still same: How to access ../libexec directory
>> from bin directory.
>>
> ---
> Since /usr/bin doesn't exist outside of cygwin, you are free to put a
> softlinke (in cmd.exe, cd \usr, mklink /d bin ..\bin;
>
> Then whether you are in windows or in cygwin , you 'll see /usr/bin pointing
> to the same content as /bin.
>
> Same for any other dual mapped dirs...
>
> Would that work for you?

Not in total.  /usr/bin would only be available if the working device
is the same as the device containing the link.

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