On 5/20/2013 11:58 AM, Andy Hall wrote: <snip>
So here is a naïve question. Contrary to Corrina’s posting at http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-01/msg00173.html, the underlying OS must effectively evaluate a path from left to right.
As you say, it's a naive question. Just checking around the web for information on "bypass traverse checking" would help you understand things better. This setting is on by default for Windows users. This defines the behavior of how paths are traversed in Windows. When the flag is enabled, Windows allows a user to traverse through directories that he/she has no rights to use in any other way. A side-effect is that it doesn't even check if the directory in question exists. Don't believe me? Try the below in a command prompt (i.e. cmd.exe): C:\tmp>mkdir -p a\c C:\tmp\a\c>dir a Volume in drive C is Default Volume Serial Number is <redacted> Directory of C:\tmp\a\c C:\tmp\a\c>dir a\b The system cannot find the file specified. C:\tmp>cd a\b\..\c C:\tmp\a\c> So I think we can take Corinna's assessment of how Windows manages things in this case as valid. -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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
