redirecting /tmp and /var/tmp

[Eric Blake]

> 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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