From: jsc AT ppe DOT bb-data DOT de (Jerzy Schubert) Subject: local paths and cd // i.e cd //g not working 7 Aug 1997 07:31:20 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In-Reply-To: <9708061626.AA40482@hagar.aspentec.com> Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com local paths seems not to work correctly, see below ls /usr vs. ls usr form within / also staying in f.e. /usr/local/sbin and doing cd //g then ls gives still the contents of /usr/local/sbin ( //g hapened to be / ) after that cd ..; ls gives the contens of the root directory *** 1 Problem *** mount => Device Directory Type Flags g:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32 /usr native no-mixed,text=binary g:\home /home native no-mixed,text=binary \\.\tape1: /dev/st1 native no-mixed,text=binary \\.\tape0: /dev/st0 native no-mixed,text=binary \\.\b: /dev/fd1 native no-mixed,text=binary \\.\a: /dev/fd0 native no-mixed,text=binary g: / native no-mixed,text=binary ------------------------------------------------------------------------- in the root directory: ls /usr => X11R6.3 bin etc i386-cygwin32 lib libexec local man share ucb var adm local ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ls usr => ls: usr: No such file or directory ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** 2 Problem *** sh-2.01$ cd /usr/local/sbin sh-2.01$ ls inetd.exe sh-2.01$ ls inetd.exe sh-2.01$ cd //g sh-2.01$ ls inetd.exe on the other hand switching drives from g to e works i.e cd //e; ls is ok, but then, cd //e/winnt/system32;ls gives the contents of system32 cd //e;ls STIL gives the contents of system 32 Any ideas? Jerzy - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".