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Re: Setup.exe: resets /home symlink to directory when run
- From: Alex Leigh <leigh at hcs dot harvard dot edu>
- To: cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:13:14 -0400
- Subject: Re: Setup.exe: resets /home symlink to directory when run
Ah, that's brilliant. It works great now, thanks so much!
Best,
Alex
On 22/04/2010 10:42, Alex Leigh wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Apologizes if my question is addressed somewhere.
It cropped up just recently on this very list!
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-04/threads.html#00126
To summarize the outcome of the discussion: use a mountpoint rather than a
symlink. The mountpoint will overlay (and override) the then-harmless
directory that setup recreates each time. Plus it's a bit faster than a
symlink :)
cheers,
DaveK
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