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Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:45:06 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Beginnings of a patch: /etc/hosts
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 09:03:11AM +0100, John Morrison wrote:
> 
> cygpath -S "output system directory and exit" returns
> /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32 for me.
> 
> Would this work under 9x/ME?

cygpath -W is the better choice.

  $ uname -s
  CYGWIN-98-4.10
  $ cygpath -S
  /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/SYSTEM
  $ cygpath -W
  /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS

but that's ok for NT/2K/XP as well.

Corinna

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