cygpath and unc paths

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Federico Kircheis!

>>> 1)
>>> root path, like C:\ , because for whatever reason \\?\C:\ is not valid, it
>>> has to be a subfolder (and trying to trick it with \\?\C:\\ does not work
>>> either).
>> > In which scenario?  \\?\C:\ is just the same as \??\C:\ in NT speak, and
>> that's a perfectly valid directory path.

> I've never seen \??\C:\.

> My test case, from powershell (which I do definitively _not_ know well
> enough, otherwise I wouldn't be using cygwin) was

> cd C:\             # success
> cd \\?\C:\         # fail
> cd C:\windows      # success
> cd \\?\C:\windows  # success

This way, you're testing command interpreter, not WinApi.

The command interpreter has its own ideas about what you can and can not use
with it.

> and repeat the same operation with dir instead of ls.

> The error message is that the "value of argument path is not valid"

F.e. Far manager works just fine with `goto:\\?\C:\`. More or less.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Monday, December 16, 2024 15:57:08

Sorry for my terrible english...