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Re: Pathname context
Robert Collins wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-08-03 at 19:24, Doug Wyatt wrote:
>>
>> Yesterday morning I posted a query about 'ls' seeing /usr/lib as a
>> proper Cygwin directory using one pathname and as a DOS/Windows
>> directory (absent the mounted /lib contents) with what I thought was
>> an equivalent pathname. Perhaps it was overlooked in all the P.D.
>> hoopla.
>
> The behaviour is expected based on your mount table.
I can see why this _is_ happening, but is this:
max@POMELLO [~] $ cygpath -wa c:/cygwin/usr/lib
C:\cygwin\lib
actually what _should_ happen?
Shouldn't a DOS-style path be taken as-is? I can understand the /usr/bin ->
/bin, /usr/lib -> /lib mappings, and have even added my own /usr/sbin -> /sbin,
but, to me, a DOS-style path should taken literally.
Max.
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