Subject: bash: difference between //c/ and c:/
From: Ralf Fassel <[email-masked]>
To: cygwin <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:46:48 +0100 (MET)

Hi all,

cygwin-1.1.8-2.tar.gz
bash-2.04-7a.tar.gz

there is a subtle difference between c:/ and //c/
compare the real execution times (this is for a local desktop bash
(not via ssh)):

bash$ time cd //c/
real    0m0.050s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.000s

bash$ time cd c:/
real    0m6.770s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.000s

bash$ mount
Device              Directory           Type         Flags
C:\cygwin\bin       /usr/bin            system       binmode
C:\cygwin\lib       /usr/lib            system       binmode
C:\cygwin           /                   system       binmode

What's the deal with the LETTER:/PATH pathnames in bash?  Am I
supposed to use //c/?  Is c:/ deprecated somehow?

R'

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