Greetings, Roger Qiu! > Hi,
> I've found that `cygpath --windows '../` will give back an absolute > windows path. > I thought this would only happen if you provide the `--absolute` flag, > or when the path is a special cygwin path. ".." is a special path, that can't be safely converted. In all cases, using absolute path is preferred for many reasons. > But this occurs just for normal directories. > I have come across a situation where I need to convert ntfs symlinks to > unix symlinks and back. Sometimes these symlinks have relative paths > them. Now by using cygpath --windows, I get back absolute paths, which > means the integrity of the symlink isn't preserved. > Can `cygpath --windows '../directory'` give back `..\directory` for > paths aren't special cygwin paths? These relative backslashes are > supported in Windows right now. AFAIK, Windows do not support relative junction points. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Tuesday, February 7, 2017 18:27:52 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
