RE: Where is cygwin bin directory?

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 08:14:20AM -0800, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 04:03:58PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:

>>> 
>>> To the OP - just use whatever cygpath options make sense.  It's not that
>>> hard and it certainly doesn't require anything like the gobbledegook
>>> above. 
>>> 
>>> Or, if you just are just curious about what /bin translates to, use
>>> mount. 
>> 
>> I have to take exception to this post of cgf's.  I mean, Really! How
>> can you use that kind of language to people?  It's gobbledegoop, not
>> gobbledegook. 
>> 
>> *pause*
>> 
>> *consult dictionary*
>> 
>> Oops, sorry; -gook seems to be canonical.  Not the way I learned it
>> though! But it is gobbledygook with a Y!
> 
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gobbledegook
> 
> gobbledegook is acceptable.  I did look it up before I sent the email.
> 
> cgf


  But of course it is, since it derives from the medieval french phrase,
"gobblez de gouache",  which of course means to eat one's poster-paints.

  Not a lot of people know that.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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