/usr/bin and /bin, same directory? and other weirdness

Tue Aug 21 08:39:00 GMT 2001

On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 08:38:54AM -0700, nasser abbasi wrote:
> hi;
>>cygwin 1.3.2 on win2k.
>>installed under c:\cygwin.
>>look how weird: compare c:\cygwin with "/", OK:
>>bash-2.05$ ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin | wc
> 12 12 81
>>bash-2.05$ ls / | wc
> 12 12 81
>>>compare c:\cygwin\usr\bin with /usr/bin shows different directory!
>>bash-2.05$ ls -l /cygdrive/c/cygwin/usr/bin | wc
> 1 2 8
>>bash-2.05$ ls -l /usr/bin | wc
> 601 5484 40130
>>>Also, /usr/bin and /bin seems to be the same directory. ls -l does not
>show a soft link. Is this a hard link? why ls -l does not say so?
>>bash-2.05$ ls -l /bin | wc
> 601 5484 40130
>bash-2.05$ ls -l /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin | wc
> 601 5484 40130
>>>what Ami missing?

The ability to read the FAQ?
cgf
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