Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 08:10:56AM +0100, Thomas Wiedmann wrote: In that case you probably are not running Cygwin 1.7.1. That's true, I still run version 1.5.25-11. Is there a way to use fstab in version 1.5.25-11? No. What's to do? Follow the information at this link: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-01/msg00714.html -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
In that case you probably are not running Cygwin 1.7.1. That's true, I still run version 1.5.25-11. Is there a way to use fstab in version 1.5.25-11? What's to do? Thomas Wiedmann -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
* Thomas Wiedmann (Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:10:56 +0100) In that case you probably are not running Cygwin 1.7.1. That's true, I still run version 1.5.25-11. Is there a way to use fstab in version 1.5.25-11? What's to do? In case you missed it the first time: MAN MOUNT -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
On Jan 15 07:53, Thomas Wiedmann wrote: mount -f E:/Temp /tmp Thanks, that worked. And, if you want this to be permanent you need to *put* it in /etc/fstab. My /etc directory in Cygwin has no fstab. Can I create it manually in Cygwin and does it work like in LINUX/UNIX or are additional steps be required? Did you try the User's Guide? http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 07:53:43AM +0100, Thomas Wiedmann wrote: mount -f E:/Temp /tmp Thanks, that worked. And, if you want this to be permanent you need to *put* it in /etc/fstab. My /etc directory in Cygwin has no fstab. Can I create it manually in Cygwin and does it work like in LINUX/UNIX or are additional steps be required? In that case you probably are not running Cygwin 1.7.1. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
Thomas Wiedmann wrote: how can in Cygwin the directory, which is in Windows configured as $TEMP, or a certain other directory, be redirected to /tmp? man mount ... didn't work: I tried mount -f E:\Temp /tmp mount -f 'E:\Temp' /tmp to escape the backslash -- Thomas -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
On Jan 14 11:28, Thomas Wolff wrote: Thomas Wiedmann wrote: how can in Cygwin the directory, which is in Windows configured as $TEMP, or a certain other directory, be redirected to /tmp? man mount ... didn't work: I tried mount -f E:\Temp /tmp mount -f 'E:\Temp' /tmp to escape the backslash Use the forward slash, just like in /etc/fstab: mount -f E:/Temp /tmp -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 01:37:30PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Jan 14 11:28, Thomas Wolff wrote: Thomas Wiedmann wrote: how can in Cygwin the directory, which is in Windows configured as $TEMP, or a certain other directory, be redirected to /tmp? man mount ... didn't work: I tried mount -f E:\Temp /tmp mount -f 'E:\Temp' /tmp to escape the backslash Use the forward slash, just like in /etc/fstab: mount -f E:/Temp /tmp And, if you want this to be permanent you need to *put* it in /etc/fstab. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
mount -f E:/Temp /tmp Thanks, that worked. And, if you want this to be permanent you need to *put* it in /etc/fstab. My /etc directory in Cygwin has no fstab. Can I create it manually in Cygwin and does it work like in LINUX/UNIX or are additional steps be required? Thomas Wiedmann -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
how can in Cygwin the directory, which is in Windows configured as $TEMP, or a certain other directory, be redirected to /tmp? man mount ... didn't work: I tried mount -f E:\Temp /tmp Afterwards the /tmp directory was still C:\Programme\Cygwin\tmp and the command 'mount' didn't list the assignment of /tmp. Thomas Wiedmann -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
* Thomas Wiedmann (Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:24:57 +0100) how can in Cygwin the directory, which is in Windows configured as $TEMP, or a certain other directory, be redirected to /tmp? man mount -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp
Thorsten Kampe wrote:
Thomas Wiedmann (Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:24:57 +0100) wrote
how can in Cygwin the directory, which is in Windows configured as
$TEMP, or
a certain other directory, be redirected to /tmp?
man mount
My approach is different, I solve the problem on the Windows side for all
apps, Cygwin, or Windows.
My system is Visa 64b; others use a slightly different menu
sequence, but:
Control Panel - System - Advanced system settings -
Environment Variables - System Variables -
TEMP == %TMPDIR%
and ...-
TMPDIR == c:\_0\tmp
and (because some pseudo *nix apps for Windows use $TMP, instead of $TMPDIR:
...-
TMP == %TMPDIR%
(since Cygwin root on my system is at 'c:\_0')
My approach means that both Windows and Cygwin apps use the same
directory for temporary files. This means I only have to clean up
or search in one temporary directory.
I also use the attached script, 'tmpdir', when I'm using the temporary
directory with unknown *NIX configs.
It has it's own help (-h|--help).
As always, YMMV.
#!/bin/bash
# tmpdir: resilient TeMPorary Directory Inquisition Reporter
# 'tmpdir' finds a master temporary directory (MTD) -- the directory in
# which temporary files and directories of an appication's session are
# stored. With certain options, it will create the directory.
# By Lee Rothstein, 2009-02-07 11:56
ProgName=tmpdir
Version=0.4.0
UpDate=2009-05-10
HelpEm () {
less !!!EOF!!!
NAME
tmpdir - *resilient* TeMPorary Directory Intantiator/Reporter
DESCRIPTION
'tmpdir' finds a master temporary directory (MTD) -- the
directory in which temporary files and directories of an
application's session are stored. With certain options it will
create (recursively, i.e., 'mkdir - p') the directory.
In most GNU, UNIX, BSD, Linux, Cygwin and Posix systems, the
MTD is either /tmp, or the directory referenced by $TMPDIR. In
Cygwin, a likely additional possibility is the directory
referenced by $TEMP.
Normally, 'tmpdir' will be used by another script. Practical
uses for this utility include:
* If you're writing scripts for unknown users and are unsure of
their environment, 'tmpdir' might be one element of a
foolproof approach. Alas, however, fools are such clever
creatures; witness, George W. Bush (or, at least, George W.
Bush with Karl Rove's help).
* Creating a more private MTD for a specific application or
session.
SYNOPSIS
tmpdir -h
tmpdir [ [-c] [-f TEMPDIRECTORY] [-l TEMPDIRECTORY] ]
OPTIONS
Each option is mutually exclusive of the others. (That is,
only one can be used per invocation of 'tmpdir'.) Every option
besides '-h' requires TEMPDIRECTORY. Any option must be
specified before a TEMPDIRECTORY is provided.
-h | --help -- Help -- Provide this help. Take no other
actions. Exit code = '99'. 'tmpdir' does not use nor
check for any other arguments, when '-h', or '--help' is
specified.
Note: no other long option names are supported.
-c -- Create a specified temporary directory. Abort if
directory already exists.
-f -- Force -- Force the use of the specified directory
whether or not it pre-exists. (This option will not
delete a file that prevents the creation of a directory
by the same name. Ergo, even The Force is limited in
its power ;-) )
-l -- Last resort -- Go through the normal sequence of
temporary directory investigation. If none is found,
try TEMPDIRECTORY, if it doesn't exist create it
(recursively, i.e., 'mkdir -p').
With the exception of help, long option syntax is not
supported!
USAGE
Rules:
* Almost any name acceptable to the file system is acceptable
as TEMPDIRECTORY, except one beginning with a dash. This is
done for four reasons:
It makes option sanity checking easier.
The user is very likely making a mistake about options
usage.
It's very bad form. MTDs beginning with '-' would likely
cause problems later when 'tmpdir' was used in a script.
If you don't like it, you can always change it, it's just
a script.
* Success is finding or creating an MTD -- return value == 0.
* Whenever it succeeds, and returns '0', it 'stdouts' the name
of that directory.
* Failure for any operational reason returns '1'. 'stdout' is
null. Failure means there is not a temporary directory, of
any kind, to be found.
The help option exits with a return code of '99'. Errors
in command line specification also return 90 series numbers.
Help is directed to 'stdout' piped through 'less'.
* Error messages are limited in size and always directed to
'stderr'.
* Directories are only created if one of the options is used.
* '-c' will create a directory (recursively, i.e., 'mkdir -p')
if one
