cygwin mount points

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 11:14 AM 6/8/2001, Karl M wrote:
>Hi All...
>
>I understand what the default cygwin mount points are...I have found lots of references to that.
>
>But I'm curious...why is /usr/bin mapped to /bin and /usr/lib to /lib by default?
>
>I see some small effects like only one cygwin addition to PATH for me...but is there something bit it does for me?
>
>I've searched for this answer, but have not found anything that answers the WHY part of the question.
>
>Thanks,
>
>...Karl



It's quite simple.  It makes utilities that expect to find stuff in /bin 
and /lib work.


Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
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