On Feb 19 17:27, Wynfield Henman wrote: > I just noticed a new (or I just noticed it) directory in what should > be the root directory or C:\cygwin, which should be the same as I > understand it. But, why do I get different contents, i.e., an > interesting subdirectory "proc" only shows up on ls /, but not > ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin as shown below: > > $ ls / > bin cygwin.bat debug.log home libexec sbin usr > cygdrive cygwin.ico etc lib proc tmp var > > > $ ls /cygdrive/c/cygwin > bin cygwin.bat debug.log home libexec tmp var > cygdrive cygwin.ico etc lib sbin usr
/proc is a virtual directory. It doesn't exist on the disk. It's the same /proc as on Linux, just smaller and more restricted in its properties. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/