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Date: | Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:07:37 -0500 |
From: | "Patrick Herbst" <paherbst AT gmail DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Relative vs. Absolute path problem |
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from your home directory ../../../ = one level up from the cygwin root. for example... if home is c:\cygwin\home\user then that relative path would put you at c:\ the root (/) for cygwin is actually the cygwin directory (c:\cygwin) if you're trying to get just on your c:\ you have to specify it as /cygdrive/c/ > I have an application that takes a filename parameter. The application > uses the 'fopen' command to open the filename and process the file > (very simple really). The problem is that when I type the filename as > an absolute path, the file cannot be read, but when it is typed as a > relative path, it works fine. For example, > > > This works perfectly (from a directory in my home directory): > $ ./x264.exe -o out.h264 ../../../testseq/yuv420/COASTGUARD-YUV420-CIF 352x288 > > > Whilst this does not: > ./x264.exe -o out.264 /testseq/yuv420/COASTGUARD-YUV420-CIF 352x288 > > The obvious problem would be that the two paths are not equal, but I > can assure you that this is not the case -they both point to the same > file. The only difference is that one path is relative and the other > is absolute. The permissions are set so all users can read the file. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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