On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 08:58:02PM +0000, Andy Koppe wrote: >2009/11/2 Larry Hall (Cygwin): >> On 11/02/2009 01:29 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: >>> I didn't see any documentation in the What's New/What's Changed >>> document saying that the following no longer works: >>> <cmd> <drive letter>: >>> For example: >>> $ ls C: >>> ls: cannot access C:: No such file or directory >>> >>> This had worked fine on earlier versions. >>> This has broken several of my shell scripts so I am surprised it isn't >>> either documented (if a desired change) or fixed (if a bug). >> >> I agree it's worth documenting. >> >>> Am I missing something? >>> >>> Note using C:\\ does work. >> >> C:/ also works. > >C: and C:\ aren't the same thing in DOS/cmd.exe. C: means the current >directory of the C drive, whereas C:\ means the root directory of the C >drive. Within each cmd.exe session, each drive has its own current >directory.
But that has never been true for Cygwin. Or, at least it hasn't been true for many years. In Cygwin, C: used to mean "the root of the C drive". cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
