X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,TW_YG,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <31352180.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 07:18:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Marc Girod To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Windows tools can access /usr/share but not /usr/lib In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <31350629.post@talk.nabble.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Andy Koppe wrote: > > You should use the cygpath utility to translate Cygwin paths to > Windows paths, rather than just changing slashes and prefixing with > C:\cygwin. Apart from everything else, Cygwin might be installed > somewhere other than C:\cygwin. > I cope for that last problem with df already. The reason I didn't use cygpath so far is that I need more flexibility... I'll have some paths which don't exist (yet) or only under a ClearCase view, even if they are reported 'bare'; or with a prefix. But OK. There is some complexity anyway... Marc -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Windows-tools-can-access--usr-share-but-not--usr-lib-tp31350629p31352180.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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