Path issue with windows shell

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 11/27/2013 3:03 PM, Matthew Lagoe wrote:
> im having a problem with paths, when i use /cygdrive/l in the windows shell
> it doesn't work however when i use it in the cygwin shell it works fine

<snip>

> /cygdrive/c works fine in both
>
>
> The windows shell only see's the "C" drive even with ls
>
> C:\>ls /cygdrive/
> C
>
>
> Cygwin however see's everything
>
> Matthew@Matthew-PC /cygdrive/l/leveldesign
> $ ls /cygdrive
> c  f  h  l  r  w

Looks to me like you have either alternate tools for Windows
or you've created a c:\cygdrive directory and populated it
with a "C" drive (note the case difference between your
first and second output), or both.

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