> >>>> > >>>> So in this situation, is it possible to get the cwd value as > >>>> "/cygdrive/c/temp/appdir/bin" using some cygwin API? > >>> > >>> No, it is generally not possible to get the POSIX path to anything in > >>> the cygwin root (/) tree to be prefixed by the /cygdrive prefix. The > >>> /cygdrive prefix exists solely to resolve paths that are outside of /, > >>> so paths inside that tree don't need the /cygdrive prefix. > >>> > >> This path is also displayed to the enduser at different places. So our > >> requirement is to always get a path in the /cygdrive/ prefix format > >> irrespective of whether it is inside the cygwin root (/) or outside of > >> /. > > > I think this can be achieved by getcwd () + > > cygwin_conv_path(CCP_POSIX_TO_WIN_A,...) and converting the windows > > style path to /cygdrive/ prefix format. > > No, this is wrong approach. > Do not do manual path manipulation, it WILL fail. > Always use corrsponding conversion tools provided by Cygwin.
Agreed Andrey. But I couldn't find any API(s) which can serve my requirements. And we can't afford to execute (fork+exec) tools like cygpath for each getcwd call. Any suggestions on improving this approach or any alternative approach are always welcome. Thanks, Dipak -- 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
