X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,KHOP_THREADED,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:57:10 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <309914513.20120714235710@mtu-net.ru> To: Eric Blake , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: test -f //dot In-Reply-To: <5001B81B.4080202@redhat.com> References: <500008DB.9030604@codeplay.com> <1715516860.20120714055054@mtu-net.ru> <5001B81B.4080202@redhat.com> 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, Eric Blake! >>> test -f //dot >> >> Use empty base prefix to specify filesystem root. > Sorry; the empty base prefix in $PATH I didn't said anything about $PATH. > means the current directory, not the root. >>> (I *had* introduced / to the PATH by adding cygwin's install dir to my >>> Windows PATH; to ease access to cygwin.bat.) >> >> This sounds like a bad idea. > Not entirely bad, if you use /// instead of / in your PATH. It's bad idea. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 14.07.2012, <23:56> 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