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From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko AT nexgo DOT de>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: error in "cygpath" behavior
References: <20180831085734 DOT GF6350 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de>	<5b89c269 DOT 1c69fb81 DOT 84d1a DOT 6f1b AT mx DOT google DOT com>
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2018 08:40:34 +0200
In-Reply-To: <5b89c269.1c69fb81.84d1a.6f1b@mx.google.com> (Steven Penny's	message of "Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:34:17 -0700 (PDT)")
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Steven Penny writes:
> I am not understanding - it appears that "dot-dot" (..) is well defined by
> POSIX:
[…]
> so it would appears that ".." would be an acceptable return value in any case.

Except that you've asked for a Windows path, not POSIX, and you have no
idea what Windows' idea of the CWD is once you start using that string
with a Windows application.


Regards,
Achim.
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