Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-18 Thread Christopher Faylor
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:

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-17 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
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/

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-17 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* 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:

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
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

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-15 Thread Christopher Faylor
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

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-14 Thread Thomas Wolff
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

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-14 Thread Corinna Vinschen
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

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-14 Thread Christopher Faylor
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

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-14 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
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 --

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-13 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
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

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-12 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* 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:

Re: Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-12 Thread Lee Rothstein
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

Redirecting $TEMP or a certain directory to /tmp

2010-01-11 Thread Thomas Wiedmann
Hello, how can in Cygwin the directory, which is in Windows configured as $TEMP, or a certain other directory, be redirected to /tmp? Thomas Wiedmann -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: