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Re: error when starting X-Win
>> 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
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