Hi all, I didn't see a response to this query. Can someone at least confirm that this appears to be a valid bug (just mount some directories and take a look I guess!)? Once that happens I can look at how to fix it. I had a quick look at the code a month ago and thought it would probably be hard to fix but I guess a challenge would be good :)
Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: "David O'Shea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: Cygwin doesn't show .. in all directories > Hi all, > > Apologies if this is old news, but I couldn't find mention of it in > the FAQ or mailing list archives. > > I have my F: mounted at /backup under Cygwin. When I 'ls -al /backup' > there is no '.' or '..' entry in /backup, I guess because they are not > there physically and hence not reported by Windows (FAT filesystems > never have a '.' or '..' in the root directory as far as I know). On > Linux, every directory, including the root directory '/', has a '.' > and '..' entry, so I guess for consistency they ought to be there. > > This is an issue for me because in MToolsFM, which allows you to > graphically browse your directories (plus browse directories via > 'mtools'), you go up a directory by double-clicking on a '..' entry in > the list of directory contents. I imagine that if MToolsFM was hacked > to show a '..' entry even if it didn't see one in the filesystem, > things would work, since 'cd ..' works fine when I am in the /backup > directory (I guess Cygwin doesn't actually look for the directory > entry '..', it just goes up a directory). > > Of course I don't know if it might be the case that applications > shouldn't assume that all *nix-ish platforms have a directory entry > pointing to the parent directory. Either way, please let me know! > > Thanks in advance, > David > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
