error when starting X-Win

[Chris Sutcliffe]

> >> 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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