Where is the Git Bash `/` directory?
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When I open Git Bash on Windows 7, the default directory is /. It has *nix-style subdirectories, and cd .. doesn't change the directory. Where is this directory on my Windows machine?
The directory C:Program FilesGit has similar contents, except that / has a proc subdirectory, and C:Program FilesGit doesn't.
I put dir /s /a git-bash.exe in cmd.exe, and it only came up with the git-bash.exe in C:Program FilesGit, no other one (such as the one in /).
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When I open Git Bash on Windows 7, the default directory is /. It has *nix-style subdirectories, and cd .. doesn't change the directory. Where is this directory on my Windows machine?
The directory C:Program FilesGit has similar contents, except that / has a proc subdirectory, and C:Program FilesGit doesn't.
I put dir /s /a git-bash.exe in cmd.exe, and it only came up with the git-bash.exe in C:Program FilesGit, no other one (such as the one in /).
git-bash
edited Aug 13 at 19:50
Peter Mortensen
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asked Mar 26 '17 at 17:22
Joshua Meyers
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Try runningmountin the the bash shell.
– DavidPostill♦
Mar 26 '17 at 17:54
Read danlimerick.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/… or shawnhymel.com/576/…
– Lazy Badger
Mar 26 '17 at 19:03
@LazyBadger OK so according to Git Bash Properties (I right-clicked on Git Bash), it starts inC:Program FilesGit. This still doesn't answer why/has aprocsubdirectory andC:Program FilesGitdoesn't. Do you know?
– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:05
@DavidPostill Thanks, this also corroborates this.mountgives the line:C:/Program Files/Git on / type ntfs (binary,noacl,auto). But why does/have aprocsubdirectory thatC:Program FIlesGitdoesn't have then?
– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:08
Again: tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/proc.html "/procis very special in that it is also a virtual filesystem. It's sometimes referred to as a process information pseudo-file system. It doesn't contain 'real' files but runtime system information (e.g. system memory, devices mounted, hardware configuration, etc)."
– Lazy Badger
Mar 27 '17 at 8:39
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When I open Git Bash on Windows 7, the default directory is /. It has *nix-style subdirectories, and cd .. doesn't change the directory. Where is this directory on my Windows machine?
The directory C:Program FilesGit has similar contents, except that / has a proc subdirectory, and C:Program FilesGit doesn't.
I put dir /s /a git-bash.exe in cmd.exe, and it only came up with the git-bash.exe in C:Program FilesGit, no other one (such as the one in /).
git-bash
edited Aug 13 at 19:50
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
asked Mar 26 '17 at 17:22
Joshua Meyers
12713
When I open Git Bash on Windows 7, the default directory is /. It has *nix-style subdirectories, and cd .. doesn't change the directory. Where is this directory on my Windows machine?
The directory C:Program FilesGit has similar contents, except that / has a proc subdirectory, and C:Program FilesGit doesn't.
I put dir /s /a git-bash.exe in cmd.exe, and it only came up with the git-bash.exe in C:Program FilesGit, no other one (such as the one in /).
git-bash
git-bash
edited Aug 13 at 19:50
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
asked Mar 26 '17 at 17:22
Joshua Meyers
12713
edited Aug 13 at 19:50
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
asked Mar 26 '17 at 17:22
Joshua Meyers
12713
edited Aug 13 at 19:50
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
edited Aug 13 at 19:50
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
edited Aug 13 at 19:50
Peter Mortensen
8,301166184
8,301166184
asked Mar 26 '17 at 17:22
Joshua Meyers
12713
asked Mar 26 '17 at 17:22
Joshua Meyers
12713
asked Mar 26 '17 at 17:22
Joshua Meyers
12713
12713
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Try runningmountin the the bash shell.
– DavidPostill♦
Mar 26 '17 at 17:54
Read danlimerick.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/… or shawnhymel.com/576/…
– Lazy Badger
Mar 26 '17 at 19:03
@LazyBadger OK so according to Git Bash Properties (I right-clicked on Git Bash), it starts inC:Program FilesGit. This still doesn't answer why/has aprocsubdirectory andC:Program FilesGitdoesn't. Do you know?
– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:05
@DavidPostill Thanks, this also corroborates this.mountgives the line:C:/Program Files/Git on / type ntfs (binary,noacl,auto). But why does/have aprocsubdirectory thatC:Program FIlesGitdoesn't have then?
– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:08
Again: tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/proc.html "/procis very special in that it is also a virtual filesystem. It's sometimes referred to as a process information pseudo-file system. It doesn't contain 'real' files but runtime system information (e.g. system memory, devices mounted, hardware configuration, etc)."
– Lazy Badger
Mar 27 '17 at 8:39
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Try runningmountin the the bash shell.
– DavidPostill♦
Mar 26 '17 at 17:54
Read danlimerick.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/… or shawnhymel.com/576/…
– Lazy Badger
Mar 26 '17 at 19:03
@LazyBadger OK so according to Git Bash Properties (I right-clicked on Git Bash), it starts inC:Program FilesGit. This still doesn't answer why/has aprocsubdirectory andC:Program FilesGitdoesn't. Do you know?
– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:05
@DavidPostill Thanks, this also corroborates this.mountgives the line:C:/Program Files/Git on / type ntfs (binary,noacl,auto). But why does/have aprocsubdirectory thatC:Program FIlesGitdoesn't have then?
– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:08
Again: tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/proc.html "/procis very special in that it is also a virtual filesystem. It's sometimes referred to as a process information pseudo-file system. It doesn't contain 'real' files but runtime system information (e.g. system memory, devices mounted, hardware configuration, etc)."
– Lazy Badger
Mar 27 '17 at 8:39
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4
Try running
mount in the the bash shell.– DavidPostill♦
Mar 26 '17 at 17:54
Try running
mount in the the bash shell.– DavidPostill♦
Mar 26 '17 at 17:54
Read danlimerick.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/… or shawnhymel.com/576/…
– Lazy Badger
Mar 26 '17 at 19:03
Read danlimerick.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/… or shawnhymel.com/576/…
– Lazy Badger
Mar 26 '17 at 19:03
@LazyBadger OK so according to Git Bash Properties (I right-clicked on Git Bash), it starts in
C:Program FilesGit . This still doesn't answer why / has a proc subdirectory and C:Program FilesGit doesn't. Do you know?– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:05
@LazyBadger OK so according to Git Bash Properties (I right-clicked on Git Bash), it starts in
C:Program FilesGit . This still doesn't answer why / has a proc subdirectory and C:Program FilesGit doesn't. Do you know?– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:05
@DavidPostill Thanks, this also corroborates this.
mount gives the line: C:/Program Files/Git on / type ntfs (binary,noacl,auto). But why does / have a proc subdirectory that C:Program FIlesGit doesn't have then?– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:08
@DavidPostill Thanks, this also corroborates this.
mount gives the line: C:/Program Files/Git on / type ntfs (binary,noacl,auto). But why does / have a proc subdirectory that C:Program FIlesGit doesn't have then?– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:08
Again: tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/proc.html "
/proc is very special in that it is also a virtual filesystem. It's sometimes referred to as a process information pseudo-file system. It doesn't contain 'real' files but runtime system information (e.g. system memory, devices mounted, hardware configuration, etc)."– Lazy Badger
Mar 27 '17 at 8:39
Again: tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/proc.html "
/proc is very special in that it is also a virtual filesystem. It's sometimes referred to as a process information pseudo-file system. It doesn't contain 'real' files but runtime system information (e.g. system memory, devices mounted, hardware configuration, etc)."– Lazy Badger
Mar 27 '17 at 8:39
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echo %USERPROFILE% or echo %HOME%
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Try running
mountin the the bash shell.– DavidPostill♦
Mar 26 '17 at 17:54
Read danlimerick.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/… or shawnhymel.com/576/…
– Lazy Badger
Mar 26 '17 at 19:03
@LazyBadger OK so according to Git Bash Properties (I right-clicked on Git Bash), it starts in
C:Program FilesGit. This still doesn't answer why/has aprocsubdirectory andC:Program FilesGitdoesn't. Do you know?– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:05
@DavidPostill Thanks, this also corroborates this.
mountgives the line:C:/Program Files/Git on / type ntfs (binary,noacl,auto). But why does/have aprocsubdirectory thatC:Program FIlesGitdoesn't have then?– Joshua Meyers
Mar 27 '17 at 5:08
Again: tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/proc.html "
/procis very special in that it is also a virtual filesystem. It's sometimes referred to as a process information pseudo-file system. It doesn't contain 'real' files but runtime system information (e.g. system memory, devices mounted, hardware configuration, etc)."– Lazy Badger
Mar 27 '17 at 8:39