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Re: Problem with relative path containing nonexisting directory
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at freemail dot ru>
- To: Jacob Kroon <jacob dot kroon at gmail dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:47:01 +0400
- Subject: Re: Problem with relative path containing nonexisting directory
- References: <CAPbeDCmYp7qHUfK3sVgoV9Qnr0=mS=39L2fpzwcAuFJsqGND8w@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: Andrey Repin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Greetings, Jacob Kroon!
> I'm having problems compiling EGLIBC in Cygwin. I think the reason is
> the following:
> Doing "ls foobar/../" in a Cygwin terminal, where the directory
> "foobar" does _not_ exist, still returns a valid file listing of the
> current path.
> Doing the same operation in Fedora, ls will print "No such file or directory".
> Is this a bug in Cygwin ? Is there a configure option to enable the
> Fedora-behaviour ?
This is a known issue with Cygwin path handling. Look in archives for an
in-depth explanation.
> Please CC me as I'm not a subscriber to the list.
You're supposed to subscribe, if you intend to receive replies.
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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 14.03.2013, <18:45>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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