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Date: | Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:15:41 +0100 |
From: | Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: get cygpath to leave relative paths as relative? |
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On Dec 11 21:25, Brent wrote: > Corinna wrote: > > >This is not always possible when converting POSIX paths to Win32 paths > >for a couple of reasons. One reason is that a relative path might > >contain symlinks, another one is that a path containing .. could cross > >mount points. To recognize both cases extra processing is necessary > >which might convert the path to an absolute form. > > Thanks for responding. > > You use qualifiers like "not always possible" and "might". Does that imply that cygpath CAN leave relative paths as relative under certain circumstances? If you use "..", no. > What I am seeing is that it always converts relative paths to absolute > paths, even in cases that are outside the scenarios that you mention. $ cygpath -w src/gawk src\gawk $ cygpath -w ../corinna/src/gawk C:\cygwin\home\corinna\src\gawk > In particular, I have no symlinks. But I am not sure what you mean by > "cross mount points. Sorry for my ignorance [...] Didn't you read the user's manual? http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygwin-ug-net.html Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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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