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RE: BUG: Invalid assumption about file paths beginning with '\'
- To: <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: RE: BUG: Invalid assumption about file paths beginning with '\'
- From: "Norman Vine" <nhv at cape dot com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:28:47 -0400
- Reply-To: <nhv at cape dot com>
Earnie Boyd writes:
>Well, as Chris corrected, the current 1.1.4 release does allow the \
reference
>to refer to the root of the current device. I just tested this and it does
>indeed work this way.
Yes, however this feature may not always yield the 'expected' result.
NHV:/f> mkdir foo
NHV:/f> cd foo
NHV:/f/foo> touch jnk
NHV:/f/foo> ls \foo
ls: foo: No such file or directory
NHV:/f/foo> ls
jnk
NHV:/f/foo> touch foo
NHV:/f/foo> ls \foo
foo
NHV:/f/foo> ls
foo jnk
NHV:/f/foo> cd \
> bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file
NHV:/f/foo> cd ../
NHV:/f> cd \foo
NHV:/f/foo> cd ..
NHV:/f> cd \foo
NHV:/f/foo> cd \foo
bash: cd: foo: No such file or directory
>Let me suggest that in order to make your life easier that you
>use Cygwin POSIXly.
Good advice indeed !!
Cheers
Norman
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