cygpath -w converts relative paths to absolute windows paths

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Roger Qiu!

> Hi,

> I've found that `cygpath --windows '../` will give back an absolute 
> windows path.

> I thought this would only happen if you provide the `--absolute` flag, 
> or when the path is a special cygwin path.

".." is a special path, that can't be safely converted.
In all cases, using absolute path is preferred for many reasons.

> But this occurs just for normal directories.

> I have come across a situation where I need to convert ntfs symlinks to 
> unix symlinks and back. Sometimes these symlinks have relative paths 
> them. Now by using cygpath --windows, I get back absolute paths, which 
> means the integrity of the symlink isn't preserved.

> Can `cygpath --windows '../directory'` give back `..\directory` for 
> paths aren't special cygwin paths? These relative backslashes are 
> supported in Windows right now.

AFAIK, Windows do not support relative junction points.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Tuesday, February 7, 2017 18:27:52

Sorry for my terrible english...


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