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Re: redirecting /tmp and /var/tmp
- From: ericblake at comcast dot net (Eric Blake)
- To: PJ Halls <pjh1 at york dot ac dot uk>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:49:57 +0000
- Subject: Re: redirecting /tmp and /var/tmp
> For our classrooms, it is policy that all managed software be installed
> on read-only drives / C: partitions to prevent students meddling.
> However, for Cygwin to run it must have write access to /tmp and
> /var/tmp. Is there any way to 'redirect' these essentials from the
> Cygwin home space onto, for example, C:/temp (which is the only part of
> C: to which we permit our students write access)?
mount c:/temp /tmp
(or similar, read man mount for details)
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Eric Blake
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