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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "Jeff Perry" <jsp AT mail DOT utexas DOT edu>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <00e401c26677$60d07210$40cf5380 AT cvis DOT psy DOT utexas DOT edu>
Subject: Re: How does cygwin map / to c:/cygwin?
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:34:42 +0100
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Jeff Perry wrote:
> I am very confused about how cygwin maps its root to the c:/cygwin
> directory.  I'm also not sure what /cygdrive is.
>
> When I type gvim /etc/passwd from bash, gvim comes up with an empty file
> called passwd in c:/etc (which doesn't exist).  If I try to write this file,
> gvim fails, which, of course, it should. (The gvim I'm using is the one
> compiled for NT).
>
> Can someone tell me why this happens?

The Cygwin POSIX paths come from the cygwin1.dll. So if your program hasn't been
compiled for Cygwin, it won't understand Cygwin paths.

> Also, when I try to tab-expand /cygdrive/c/..., bash can never expand the
> files.  For example, if I type
> $ cd /cygdrive/c/winn<tab>, bash cannot complete the 't' and instead beeps.
> But if I complete it for bash by adding the t and the pressing <return>,
> bash will cd me to the c:/winnt directory.
>
> Can someone tell me why this is true?

Sounds like case clashes. See the readline info pages and add "set
completion-ignore-case On" to your global inputrc file or ~/.inputrc.

Max.


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