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Date: | Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:56:21 -0400 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: cygpath -w issue |
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 07:51:05AM -0500, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: >cygpath -w seems to be inconsistent with /dev/* things: > >$ uname -svr >CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.7.14s(0.260/5/3) 20120406 19:41:34 >$ cygpath -w /dev/clip >C:\cygwin\dev\clip >$ cygpath -w /dev/random >/dev/random >$ > >I first thought it was because C:\cygwin\dev\random >does not exist, but then: > >$ cygpath -w /dev/xyz >C:\cygwin\dev\xyz >$ /dev/random has special meaning to Cygwin. There is no windows equivalent to it so translating it to a Windows path wouldn't make any sense. You couldn't use it in a Windows program. /dev/xyz has no meaning so Cygwin just translates it to a MS-DOS path. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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