Christopher Faylor wrote on Monday, May 21, 2007 12:16 AM:
> On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 09:12:47PM -0700, Karl M wrote:
>> Hi Christopher...
>>
>>> From: Christopher Faylor Subject: Re: How to uniformly point to the
>>> root of a drive? Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 21:21:59 -0400
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 05:39:21PM -0700, Karl M wrote:
>>>> Hi All...
>>>>
>>>>> From: Christopher Faylor Subject: Re: How to uniformly point to
>>>>> the root of a drive? Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 13:36:16 -0400
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 01:27:05PM -0400, Christopher Faylor
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> So it sounds like Brian's method would work then wouldn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this give you what you want, too?
>>>>>
>>>>> driveroot=$(cygpath $(cygpath -wm /)/..)
>>>>>
>>>> What is the difference between "cygpath -m ..." and "cygpath -wm
>>>> ..."
>>>
>>> Come on! Read the fine manual.
>>>
>> It is indeed a fine manual. I did look and -w and -m look to be
>> mutually exclusive in their use, but I did find scripts that use -wm,
>> thus my question.
>
> So, translation: cgf made a typo. The 'w' is not needed.
>
> cgf
FYI, -wm and -mw do not give the same output. I wouldn't know if this
would be considered a bug, as someone else pointed out that -m and -w
should be mutually exclusive, so neither should work.
===
/c> cygpath -wm /
c:/cygwin
/c> cygpath -mw /
Usage: cygpath (-d|-m|-u|-w|-t TYPE) [-f FILE] [OPTION]... NAME...
cygpath [-c HANDLE]
cygpath [-ADHPSW]
Convert Unix and Windows format paths, or output system path information
Output type options:
-d, --dos print DOS (short) form of NAMEs (C:\PROGRA~1\)
-m, --mixed like --windows, but with regular slashes
(C:/WINNT)
-M, --mode report on mode of file (binmode or textmode)
-u, --unix (default) print Unix form of NAMEs
(/cygdrive/c/winnt)
-w, --windows print Windows form of NAMEs (C:\WINNT)
-t, --type TYPE print TYPE form: 'dos', 'mixed', 'unix', or
'windows'
Path conversion options:
-a, --absolute output absolute path
-l, --long-name print Windows long form of NAMEs (with -w, -m
only)
-p, --path NAME is a PATH list (i.e., '/bin:/usr/bin')
-s, --short-name print DOS (short) form of NAMEs (with -w, -m
only)
System information:
-A, --allusers use `All Users' instead of current user for -D,
-P
-D, --desktop output `Desktop' directory and exit
-H, --homeroot output `Profiles' directory (home root) and exit
-P, --smprograms output Start Menu `Programs' directory and exit
-S, --sysdir output system directory and exit
-W, --windir output `Windows' directory and exit
Try `cygpath --help' for more information.
1.0 /c>
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