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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:18:48 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Odd mount and path problem
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On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 09:05:12PM +0100, Jim George wrote:
>I also don't think you do but I've seen mount lists that show things
>like /usr/X11R6/bin as a mount point and I don't understand why this is
>necessary, especially when /usr is already mounted.  Unless X11R6/bin
>is on a different drive (logical or physical).

Different options for the directory is one possibility, like setting
"-X", for instance.  Mounting the directory with -X would allow cygwin
to assume that everything in the directory was executable, speeding up
processing somewhat.

cgf
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