At 03:25 AM 11/20/2001, fergus at bonhard dot uklinux dot net wrote: >Using mount, I kind of know that /usr/bin/ is a ghost copy of /bin/, and >/usr/lib/ is a ghost copy of /lib/ ... > >but ... > >1. I don't really understand why both of /usr/bin/ and /bin/ are put on the >path in /etc/profile; >2. I can move to /usr/bin/ using cd /usr/bin <Enter>, but I can't see it >using ls -al /usr <Enter>; >3. Time was when find / -name "ls*" <Enter> [for example] would find both >/bin/ls.exe and the virtual /usr/bin/ls.exe; now it just finds /bin/ls.exe > >I'm not bothered by any of this - I don't understand enough about the >reasons underlying the virtual existence of these two folders - but could >one of the Cygwin honchos confirm that all of (1) to (3) are expected and >"correct" behaviours? Thanks.
1, 2, and 3 are expected behavior. You can "fix" the behavior in 2 by creating the /usr/bin directory. It's recommended that you create the directory you plan to use as the home for the mount, though it's not required (as it is in UNIX). Creating /usr/bin will remove the issue you see with 2. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
