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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:29:34 +0200
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Subject: Re: cygwin_conv_path strange behavior
From: Jan Nijtmans <jan DOT nijtmans AT gmail DOT com>
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2012/6/27 Earnie Boyd <earnie AT users DOT sourceforge DOT net>:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Jan Nijtmans wrote:
>>
>> Now, copy cygwin1.dll to the same directory
>> as mypath.exe, and do the same
>> from a cygwin shell, it prints:
>>    $ ./mypath
>>    win32 path: C:\some\path\foo\mypath.exe
>>    posix path: /cygdrive/c/some/path/foo/mypath.exe
>> From a win32 command shell:
>>    > .\mypath
>>    win32 path: C:\some\path\foo\mypath.exe
>>    posix path: /foo/mypath.exe
>>
>
> This sounds it is as expected.  You copied only cygwin1.dll so the
> shell you started had a cygwin1.dll in another directory so that / is
> mapped to the parent directory containing the cygwin1.dll the shell is
> using.  However, when you use the win32 command shell there is no
> previous mapping of / to the parent directory containing cygwin1.dll
> so / is mapped to c:/some/path and the function correctly reports
> /foo/mypath.exe.

OK, so cygwin1.dll always maps "/" to its parent directory, if no other
mapping can be found. But from a win32 command shell, I don't
need such a mapping, I just want to know the full path
where the executable is. How can I influence that?

Thanks!

Regards,
            Jan Nijtmans

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