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On 07/13/2012 07:50 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:

>=20
>> test -f //dot
>=20
> Use empty base prefix to specify filesystem root.

Sorry; the empty base prefix in $PATH means the current directory, not
the root.

>> (I *had* introduced / to the PATH by adding cygwin's install dir to my=
=20
>> Windows PATH; to ease access to cygwin.bat.)
>=20
> This sounds like a bad idea.

Not entirely bad, if you use /// instead of / in your PATH.

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