X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 13:36:16 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: How to uniformly point to the root of a drive? Message-ID: <20070520173616.GA9531@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <46506BA1 DOT C3502CCD AT dessent DOT net> <0a3801c79af6$c32395b0$2e08a8c0 AT CAM DOT ARTIMI DOT COM> <46507312 DOT 2EDBD2A5 AT dessent DOT net> <0a3901c79afa$41cf13a0$2e08a8c0 AT CAM DOT ARTIMI DOT COM> <20070520172705 DOT GA9280 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070520172705.GA9280@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 01:27:05PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: >So it sounds like Brian's method would work then wouldn't it? Does this give you what you want, too? driveroot=$(cygpath $(cygpath -wm /)/..) cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/