> From: Mark O'Keefe > > Hi, > > While using /bin/pwd -P to expand directories to get the absolute, non- > symlinked version of the directory I discovered that this doesn't work on > Cygwin as I believe it is meant to work. > > > $ cd /tmp > $ /bin/pwd -P > /tmp > $ ln -s /home . > $ cd home > $ /bin/pwd -P > /home > $ pwd > /tmp/home > $ mkdir dummy > $ cd dummy > $ pwd > /tmp/home/dummy > $ /bin/pwd -P > /tmp/home/dummy > > NOTE: That last command should have returned "/home/dummy". It hasn't > expanded the parent symbolic link as you would have expected it to do. > > For what I'm doing I need the physical path, not the symbolic path (which > is what the -P is meant to provide). > > Please confirm if I'm correct in my understanding? I've tested this on > Ubuntu and it works as I'd expect it... > > Now having to create an alternative approach to get the correct answer > while I wait for this to be fixed (assuming it is a bug as I believe it > is). > > Thanks in advance for any help in resolving this. > > Cheers, > Mark.
FWIW, WJJFM: $ cd /tmp $ /bin/pwd -P /tmp $ ln -s /home . $ cd home /tmp/home $ /bin/pwd -P /home $ pwd /tmp/home $ mkdir dummy $ cd dummy /tmp/home/dummy $ pwd /tmp/home/dummy $ /bin/pwd -P /home/dummy $ uname -srvmo CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.2.1(0.289/5/3) 2015-08-20 11:42 x86_64 Cygwin $ --Ken Nellis -- 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
