X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,KHOP_THREADED,TW_YG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:24:37 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <1864410083.20120419152437@mtu-net.ru> To: Christopher Faylor Subject: Re: cygpath -w issue In-Reply-To: <20120418135621.GA29332@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> References: <2BF01EB27B56CC478AD6E5A0A28931F20441794C@A1DAL1SWPES19MB.ams.acs-inc.net> <20120418135621.GA29332@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Greetings, Christopher Faylor! > 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. Could it at least translate /dev/clipboard to CLIP: ? Not very useful in general, but I can use it. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 19.04.2012, <15:23> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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