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Re: Problem with chdir and GetCurrentDirectory on Windows 2016


>>>
>>> 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
> /.

I think this can be achieved by getcwd () +
cygwin_conv_path(CCP_POSIX_TO_WIN_A,...) and converting the windows
style path to /cygdrive/ prefix format.

Thanks Eric for the pointers :)

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