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Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:56:21 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: cygpath -w issue
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 07:51:05AM -0500, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>cygpath -w seems to be inconsistent with /dev/* things:
>
>$ uname -svr
>CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.7.14s(0.260/5/3) 20120406 19:41:34
>$ cygpath -w /dev/clip
>C:\cygwin\dev\clip
>$ cygpath -w /dev/random
>/dev/random
>$
>
>I first thought it was because C:\cygwin\dev\random
>does not exist, but then:
>
>$ cygpath -w /dev/xyz
>C:\cygwin\dev\xyz
>$

/dev/random has special meaning to Cygwin.  There is no windows
equivalent to it so translating it to a Windows path wouldn't
make any sense.  You couldn't use it in a Windows program.

/dev/xyz has no meaning so Cygwin just translates it to a MS-DOS
path.

cgf

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