bash: difference between //c/ and c:/
Ralf Fassel
ralf@akutech.de
Thu Mar 15 09:03:00 GMT 2001
* Corinna Vinschen
| Bash is a UNIX shell. Why not using UNIX paths?
Because we use non-Cygwin programs which don't grok /cygwin pathnames.
Unfortunately, there is a world besides cygwin.
$ cl t.c -o t
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 11.00.7022 for 80x86
...
$ ./t /cygdrive/c/autoexec.bat c:/autoexec.bat
1: /cygdrive/c/autoexec.bat: fopen failed
2: c:/autoexec.bat: fopen succeeded
| Actually not C:/ is deprictaed but //c! The syntax is ambiguous
| since that could also address a SMB server. We may decide to
| eliminate that syntax for local drives completely in the future.
Uh, please don't... :-/ Aren't single letter SMB servers rather rare?
| Use the /cygdrive/c syntax instead.
As I described in another mail, this currently breaks my openssh
installation, so I stick with //c for now.
Plus, I surely don't want to clutter up my shell scripts with
`cygpath -w' when calling non-cygwin programs...
R, undecided
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