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Re: How to execute bash file under /usr/bin despite setting PATH="/us r/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH"
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 09:23:01 -0500
- Subject: Re: How to execute bash file under /usr/bin despite setting PATH="/us r/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH"
- References: <F0D7281DAB048B438E8F5EC4ECEFBDDC175FB8@esmail.elsag.de>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 09:59:15AM +0100, J?rg Schaible wrote:
>It is the way mount works (in any Unix)! You can force a mount without
>a mount point, but ls the parent directory and you see why. The only
>question you could arise for Cygwin here is why they use a mount at all
>for /usr/bin, but that's in the FAQ although I suppose it is more for
>historical reasons and the (unnecessary) hassle that would arise
>separating these directories now.
Nah. It's just because we are so frigging mean.
WASFM
cgf
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