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RE: BUG: Invalid assumption about file paths beginning with '\'
- To: "'nhv at cape dot com'" <nhv at cape dot com>, cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: RE: BUG: Invalid assumption about file paths beginning with '\'
- From: Bernard Dautrevaux <Dautrevaux at microprocess dot com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:41:37 +0200
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Norman Vine [mailto:nhv@cape.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 3:29 PM
> To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: RE: BUG: Invalid assumption about file paths
> beginning with '\'
>
>
> Earnie Boyd writes:
>
> >Well, as Chris corrected, the current 1.1.4 release does allow the \
> reference
> >to refer to the root of the current device. I just tested
> this and it does
> >indeed work this way.
>
> Yes, however this feature may not always yield the 'expected' result.
>
> NHV:/f> mkdir foo
> NHV:/f> cd foo
> NHV:/f/foo> touch jnk
> NHV:/f/foo> ls \foo
Don't you think you must:
ls \\foo
or
ls '\foo'
here? You've in fact typed
ls foo
as \f is translated to f by bash...
> ls: foo: No such file or directory
> NHV:/f/foo> ls
> jnk
> NHV:/f/foo> touch foo
> NHV:/f/foo> ls \foo
> foo
> NHV:/f/foo> ls
> foo jnk
> NHV:/f/foo> cd \
> > bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> NHV:/f/foo> cd ../
> NHV:/f> cd \foo
> NHV:/f/foo> cd ..
> NHV:/f> cd \foo
> NHV:/f/foo> cd \foo
> bash: cd: foo: No such file or directory
>
> >Let me suggest that in order to make your life easier that you
> >use Cygwin POSIXly.
>
> Good advice indeed !!
>
> Cheers
Regards,
Bernard
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