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From:	"Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: "cygpath -w ." returns ".\" instead of "."
Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:19:49 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Trevor Baker
> Sent: 01 July 2004 22:43

> the following
> trivial script:

  Even a trivial script can have bugs in it!

> #----------
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> BASEDIR=`cygpath -w .`

  So here on line one, you're asking for a windoze-format path.

> FILE="$BASEDIR/out.txt"

  And here on line two, you're concatenating a unix-style path to the
windoze-style path you previously asked for.  That looks like a bug to me.

> touch "$FILE"
> #----------
> 
> If you run this, $FILE is set to ".\/out.txt" which is not very unix
> friendly.

  WDDTT!


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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