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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:30:48 -0600
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [bug?] Directory lister (d) doesn't properly translate drive letters
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According to Ronald Fischer on 8/29/2007 4:57 AM:
> ~/thome $ d  t:/rfischer
> /cygdrive/h/thome/t:/rfischer doesn't exist!
> ~/thome $  
> 
> While ls seems to understand the notion of t:, d does not.

Not necessarily a bug.  Using drive letter notation in cygwin is asking
for problems, you should instead use /cygdrive/t.  The fact that it works
for some applications is happenstance, not design.

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Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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