Greetings, Wayne Davison! > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 4:05 AM Andrey Repin wrote: >> And you've got exactly what you asked for.
> I think you missed the important part of the email. Distilled down, > this is wrong: > $ ln -s /cygdrive/C/Windows foo > $ readlink foo > /mnt/C/Windows The cygdrive prefix is resolved, if no other mount points match. Since you have /mnt/C mount point, it is resolved first. > The symlink's value changed to a path that doesn't exist on a typical > install and is now broken. The original /cygdrive/C/Windows path works > fine as long as you have it mounted to ignore case. Perhaps the > rewrite (if it is even required) should change it into > /cygdrive/c/Windows? You can resolve it to `cygpath --proc-cygdrive`, which is more useful, if you want a portable solution. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Saturday, June 13, 2020 23:44:47 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
