cygpath compatiblity break (v2.1 -> v2.7)

David Macek david.macek.0@gmail.com
Thu Apr 13 17:42:00 GMT 2017


On 13. 4. 2017 14:34, Chevallier Yves wrote:
> I get a very different behaviour with `cygpath` after I upgrade my version of Cygwin. Why? and how can I fix it?
> 
> With Cygwin 2.7:
> 
> ```
> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW CPT 2.7.0(0.306/5/3) 2017-02-12 13:13 i686 Cygwin
> $ cygpath --version
> cygpath (cygwin) 2.7.0
> 
> $ cd  /
> $ touch foo.exe
> $ cygpath -m foo
> foo.exe
> 
> $ cd
> $ touch foo.exe
> $ cygpath -m foo
> foo
> ```

I can't reproduce this. I see both as `foo` on Cygwin (and both as `foo.exe` on MSYS2). Can you post the output of your `mount`, also `ls foo*` from both directories?

-- 
David Macek

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