>> The standard way this has been handled in the past is to set up a mount >> point for '/tmp/' to a unique location. In a default Windows >> installation, the following should work (untested): >> >> mount -b -u "$TEMP" /tmp >> >> This keeps things unique for each user anyway. > > That's quite cool. I decorated it a bit to keep it all within my cygwin > file space. Specifically, in my all-purpose ~/Temp directory: > > mkdir -p ~/Temp/tmp > mount -b -u c:/cygwin/home/${USER}/Temp/tmp /tmp
When I try to execute the mount, I get: $ mount -b -u "$TEMP" /tmp mount: /tmp: Invalid argument Is there something I'm missing? Thanx! Chris -- Chris Sutcliffe http://ir0nh34d.googlepages.com http://ir0nh34d.blogspot.com http://emergedesktop.org -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/