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Re: error in "cygpath" behavior
- From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko at nexgo dot de>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2018 08:40:34 +0200
- Subject: Re: error in "cygpath" behavior
- References: <20180831085734.GF6350@calimero.vinschen.de> <5b89c269.1c69fb81.84d1a.6f1b@mx.google.com>
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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