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Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 17:17:36 -0700
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From: Curtis Siemens <csiemens AT real DOT com>
Subject: 1.26: cygpath -u -a bug
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When you convert a relative path to absolute using cygpath.exe
and it has ".." (backup one dir) in it, it goofs up in a particular
"to Unix" case, but not the "to Windows" case.  I checked the
FAQ, did a google and couldn't find any knowledge of this bug.

My Cygwin is installed under c:\cygwin and I have the latest
Cygwin installed (enter tree installed fresh, Cygwin DLL 1.3.22-1
from Mar 18, 2003 release).

Works Properly:
------------------------
bash-2.05b> cygpath.exe -a -u "A/B/./.."
/home/user/A/

Does Not Work:
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bash-2.05b> cygpath.exe -a -u "A/B/.//.."
/home/user/A/B/

Works Properly:
------------------------
bash-2.05b> cygpath.exe -a -w "A/B/.//.."
c:\cygwin\home\user\A


This bug manifests itself when the path has the follow:
1. Is relative, not absolute already.
2. Has "//" before the ".."
3. Has "/." before the "//"


Curtis Siemens 


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