diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml index 9941633c4..d62808906 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.xml @@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ independently from the current cygdrive prefix: On Windows, the environment variable TEMP specifies the location of the temp folder. It serves the same purpose as the /tmp/ directory in Unix systems. In contrast to /tmp/, it is by default a -different folder for every Windows. By using the special purpose usertemp +different folder for every Windows user. By using the special purpose usertemp file system, that temp folder can be mapped to /tmp/. This is particularly useful in setups where the administrator wants to write-protect the entire Cygwin directory. The usertemp file system can be configured in /etc/fstab