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From: "Tom M. Yeh" <tomyeh AT infoshock DOT com>
To: "Cygwin" <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject: Running a NT program from cygwin
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 20:15:28 +0800
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I have a NT program, called e.exe, which is used to edit a file. When I
invoked it with a filename described by a path relative to the current
directory, it works fine. However, if I specified a path starting from the
root directory, it interprets into a wrong path. For example,

Current directory: /usr
Invoke: e include/stdio.h  -> OK
Invoke: e /usr/include/stdio.h -> FAIL, c:\cygwin\usr\usr\include\stdio.h is
searched instead of c:\cygwin\usr\include\stdio.h

In other words, it looks like no matter what path I specified, it is always
prefixed with the current directory (and discarding / if it starts with /).

Regards & Thanks,
Tom


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