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Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 13:48:17 -0500
To: Edward Waugh <ewaugh AT vmware DOT com>,
   "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Output of pwd command
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At 01:36 PM 12/3/2001, Edward Waugh wrote:
>The output of the (Cygwin) pwd command is in UNIX format with /cygdrive
>prepended to it.
>For example, I am in H: drive pwd gives me /cygdrive/h as my present working
>directory.
>
>I would like to know the rationale for prepending /cygdrive to the directory
>and if there is an option to suppress it.  (In my environment I work with
>other (NT) tools that don't understand /cygdrive.)
>
>I would also like to know if there is an option to output directories in a
>more NT like format e.g. H:/ or H:\ in the example above.


Looking at the following section in the Cygwin User's Guide provides the
information that answers these questions.  

Mapping path names
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#USING-PATHNAMES

Please take a look at this and suggest any changes or updates (preferably
in the form of a patch) if this information is incorrect in your 
estimation.

Thanks,


Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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