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1.3.2/Win2K: ar confused by drive letters
- To: "David Abrahams" <david dot abrahams at rcn dot com>
- Subject: 1.3.2/Win2K: ar confused by drive letters
- From: David Starks-Browning <starksb at ebi dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 11:48:51 +0100
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- References: <084b01c0f9ee$49e71eb0$1000a8c0@abeast1.com>
On Wednesday 20 Jun 01, David Abrahams writes:
> Note that when the target archive is to be built on the same drive as the
> current directory, there is no problem. I realize there are alternatives to
> the "e:\..." syntax which don't cause this problem, but the build system I'm
> using (Jam/MR) doesn't really allow me to form paths like //e/...
For the record, you wouldn't want to use //e/... either. That form is
deprecated and will disappear in 1.3.3. You must use
/cygdrive/e/... (or use mount) instead.
Regards,
David
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