On Feb 9 15:37, Greg Chicares wrote: > On 2011-02-09 14:42Z, Fergus wrote: > > I have Cygwin mounted conventionally under Q:\cygwin. > > I would like to access files under Q:\else. > > But (for example) ls ../../.. only ever attains \cygwin (and lower). > > I can use ls /cygdrive/q/else/ (and lower) but this means knowing the > > drive name (in this case Q:) > > I don't much want to change mount points which are currently > > conventionally defined. > > Is there a way I can get to Q:\else without knowing the drive name Q:? > > ls `cygpath -m /`/../else
This might result in a DOS path warning, but you can create a variable containing the parent dir of the Cygwin root as POSIX path without triggering the DOS path warning: cygwin_parent=$(cygpath -ua $(cygpath -ma /)/..) Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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
