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From: Bernard Dautrevaux <Dautrevaux AT microprocess DOT com>
To: "'nhv AT cape DOT com'" <nhv AT cape DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: RE: BUG: Invalid assumption about file paths beginning with '\'
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:41:37 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Vine [mailto:nhv AT cape DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:29 PM
> To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
> Subject: RE: BUG: Invalid assumption about file paths 
> beginning with '\'
> 
> 
> Earnie Boyd writes:
> 
> >Well, as Chris corrected, the current 1.1.4 release does allow the \
> reference
> >to refer to the root of the current device.  I just tested 
> this and it does
> >indeed work this way.
> 
> Yes, however this feature may not always yield the 'expected' result.
> 
> NHV:/f> mkdir foo
> NHV:/f> cd foo
> NHV:/f/foo> touch jnk
> NHV:/f/foo> ls \foo

Don't you think you must:
	ls \\foo 
or
	ls '\foo'
here? You've in fact typed 
	ls foo
as \f is translated to f by bash...

> ls: foo: No such file or directory
> NHV:/f/foo> ls
> jnk
> NHV:/f/foo> touch foo
> NHV:/f/foo> ls \foo
> foo
> NHV:/f/foo> ls
> foo  jnk
> NHV:/f/foo> cd \
> > bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> NHV:/f/foo> cd ../
> NHV:/f> cd \foo
> NHV:/f/foo> cd ..
> NHV:/f> cd \foo
> NHV:/f/foo> cd \foo
> bash: cd: foo: No such file or directory
> 
> >Let me suggest that in order to make your life easier that you
> >use Cygwin POSIXly.
> 
> Good advice indeed !!
> 
> Cheers

Regards,

	Bernard

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