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Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 12:20:41 -0700
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From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz AT sonic DOT net>
Subject: Re: cygpath : minor inconsistency in output
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Fergus,

D: is not the same as D:/. The former is the current default directory 
on the D: drive. The latter is the root directory on the D: drive.

Randall Schulz


At 11:57 2003-05-15, fergus AT bonhard DOT uklinux DOT net wrote:
>Assuming a conventional setup, then
>
>     cygpath -m /
>
>returns "c:/Cygwin". But if Cygwin is mounted at the root of a drive as in
>
>     mount "d:" "/"
>OR
>     mount "d:/" "/"
>
>then cygpath -m / returns "d:/". Note the trailing slash.
>
>This is a terribly minor inconsistency and can easily be worked around (I
>need to use the output of cygpath in an application) but (a) am I correct to
>identify this mismatch in output as inconsistent and (b) would it be a pain
>with many nasty consequences for loads of people if in some future
>distribution it was made evident through a trailing slash that the output of
>cygpath is always a directory? (So, in the particular example outlined,
>here, you'd get "c:/Cygwin/").
>
>Fergus


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