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Date:	Sun, 01 Dec 2013 15:15:43 +0000
From:	David Kilroy <kilroyd AT googlemail DOT com>
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To:	Charles Butterfield <charles DOT butterfield AT nextcentury DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: chere + mintty doesn't work with mapped drives
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On 30/11/13 18:29, Charles Butterfield wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dave Kilroy [mailto:kilroyd AT googlemail DOT com]
>> The xhere script should pass y:\apps to cygpath to get the cygwin path, which
>> should be /cygdrive/y/apps. IIRC /cygdrive/y may not be visible via ls, but it
>> should be usable. I'm guessing the path is failing the directory test... in which
>> case adding a trailing else to always cd $CHERE_DIR would fix things for you
>
> I think I've narrowed down the problem to the terminal emulator.
>
> First - I did try modifying xhere to do a "cd $CHERE_DIR" (and then $NETWORK_PATH)
> but neither variable worked.
>
> I then noticed that if I start bash from a cmd.exe emulator (and adjust the path to
> Include /bin), that I can see (and cd to) a mapped drive.  But I cannot "see" (via ls)
> the mapped drive when using mintty.
>
>  From cmd.exe+bash: (Y: is the mapped drive)
> --------------------------------------------------------
> $ ls -l /cygdrive/
> total 16
> d---------+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Nov 30 11:37 c/
> drwx------+ 1 SYSTEM           SYSTEM           0 Nov 30 11:37 e/
> drwx------+ 1 SYSTEM           SYSTEM           0 Nov 30 11:37 g/
> drwxrwxrwx  1 ????????         ????????         0 Feb  2  2013 y/
>
> cb AT hpc15 /usr/bin
> $ cd /cygdrive/y
>
> cb AT hpc15 /cygdrive/y
> $ ls
> Archive                                    Photos
> Audio                                      RECYCLER
> Backups                                    Reunion 2006 Photos
> ...
>
>
>
>  From mintty+bash: (Y: is the mapped drive)
> --------------------------------------------------------
> cb AT hpc15 ~
> $ ls -l /cygdrive/
> total 16
> d---------+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Nov 30 11:37 c
> drwx------+ 1 SYSTEM           SYSTEM           0 Nov 30 11:37 e
> drwx------+ 1 SYSTEM           SYSTEM           0 Nov 30 11:37 g
>
> cb AT hpc15 ~
> $ cd /cygdrive/y
> -bash: cd: /cygdrive/y: No such file or directory
>
> cb AT hpc15 ~
>
>
> I suspect that whatever is going on that affects "ls" and "cd" is also
> affecting chere/xhere.
>
> Not sure what the next step should be.

Can you run the following commands from mintty running bash vs cmd 
running bash:

cygpath -u "y:\apps"
test -d /cygdrive/y/apps
echo $?

Result of the first command should be /cygdrive/y/apps
2nd command shouldn't output anything
Result of 3rd command should be 0 (true)


Dave.

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