Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de> writes: > > Please read: > > > > https://msdn.microsoft.com/\ > > en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384187%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > > > > ... an attempt by Microsoft to explain the mess ... > > > > Better Google: SysNative etc > > I think my proposal above works on all systems without any of the > SysNative nonsense, I just still don't know if Microsoft in their > infinite wisdom have yet another place where they might look for those > files.
Yes, your proposal will work ... BECAUSE in that specific case, redirection will be switched OFF (hey, study the URL that I posted). However, if one looks for the etc directory below the drivers directory, it will be in vain (because now redirection is switched on). (of course, the above applies to 32-bits Cygwin) @@ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW Seven 2.3.1(0.291/5/3) 2015-11-14 12:42 i686 Cygwin # redirection switched off @@ ls -ld $(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers/etc drwxrwx---+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Sep 7 2014 /drv/c/Windows/System32/drivers/etc # redirection switched ON (System32 => SysWOW64) @@ ls -l $(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/System32/drivers | grep etc # use of SysNative to circumvent the "redirection nonsense" ... @@ ls -l $(/usr/bin/cygpath -W -u)/SysNative/drivers | grep etc drwxrwx---+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Sep 7 2014 etc Regards, Henri Btw, Microsoft thinks the "SysNative nonsense" a necessity; it even patched XP in order to introduce that nonsense ... ===== -- 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
