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Re: bash: difference between //c/ and c:/
On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 01:46:48PM +0100, Ralf Fassel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> cygwin-1.1.8-2.tar.gz
> bash-2.04-7a.tar.gz
>
> there is a subtle difference between c:/ and //c/
> compare the real execution times (this is for a local desktop bash
> (not via ssh)):
>
> bash$ time cd //c/
> real 0m0.050s
> user 0m0.000s
> sys 0m0.000s
>
> bash$ time cd c:/
> real 0m6.770s
> user 0m0.000s
> sys 0m0.000s
>
> bash$ mount
> Device Directory Type Flags
> C:\cygwin\bin /usr/bin system binmode
> C:\cygwin\lib /usr/lib system binmode
> C:\cygwin / system binmode
>
> What's the deal with the LETTER:/PATH pathnames in bash? Am I
> supposed to use //c/? Is c:/ deprecated somehow?
Bash is a UNIX shell. Why not using UNIX paths? Actually not
C:/ is deprictaed but //c! The syntax is ambiguous since that
could also address a SMB server. We may decide to eliminate
that syntax for local drives completely in the future. Use
the /cygdrive/c syntax instead.
Corinna
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