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Subject: Re: Problem with chdir and GetCurrentDirectory on Windows 2016
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>>
>> So in this situation, is it possible to get the cwd value as
>> "/cygdrive/c/temp/appdir/bin" using some cygwin API?
>
> No, it is generally not possible to get the POSIX path to anything in
> the cygwin root (/) tree to be prefixed by the /cygdrive prefix. The
> /cygdrive prefix exists solely to resolve paths that are outside of /,
> so paths inside that tree don't need the /cygdrive prefix.
>
This path is also displayed to the enduser at different places. So our
requirement is to always get a path in the /cygdrive/ prefix format
irrespective of whether it is inside the cygwin root (/) or outside of
/.

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