2009/11/4 Linda Walsh: >> 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. > > --- > Right. That's a cmd.exe-ism -- As Christofpher F. says, > it's not been true in Cygwin in a long time (I don't remember it being > true, ever, but I never tried using it to see if it was supported).
Fair enough. All the more reason to remove support for "C:" then. Btw, C: still does work for cd, e.g. 'cd C:' or 'cd C:Users', both in bash and in zsh. How come? Andy -- 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
