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Subject:	RE: "realpath" behavior
Date:	Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:13:06 -0500
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From:	"Robb, Sam" <sam DOT robb AT timesys DOT com>
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> On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 12:08:46AM -0500, Robb, Sam wrote:
> > Looking for someone to confirm if this is expected 
> behavior, or a bug:
> > 
> > With standard mount points:
> > 
> >   c:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> >   c:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> > 
> >   * Calling realpath() to resolve "/bin" results in "/usr/bin".
> >   * Likewise, calling realpath() to resolve "/lib" results 
> in "/usr/lib".
> > 
> > If anything, I'd expect the opposite behavior - ie, 
> realpath("/usr/bin")
> > to return "/bin", etc.
> 
> Wrong mailing list.  Try cygwin AT cygwin DOT com.

My apologies.  It was related to a porting issue, so I defaulted
to cygwin-apps.

That said - the question remains: is this a bug, or a valid (but
unexpected) implementation of realpath?

-Samrobb

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