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From: andy AT accrue DOT com (Andrew Sharp)
Subject: Re: sh.exe 'cd' doesn't understand '//<drive>/path' notation?
6 Aug 1998 05:28:16 -0700 :
Message-ID: <35C8FD4E.4FC8AE49.cygnus.gnu-win32@accrue.com>
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To: "Robertson, Jason V" <jason DOT v DOT robertson AT intel DOT com>
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Robertson, Jason V wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but it looks like the 'cd' command
> in Cygnus b19.1 sh.exe doesn't support the //drive/path notation.
> Here's what I'm getting:
> 
> X:\apps\4.0\Cygnus\b19\H-i386-cygwin32\bin>.\sh
> $ cd //c/temp
> cd: lstat /c failed

don't know if it's a bug per se, but just use bash instead of sh and it
goes away. YMMV.

a
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