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Thanks for the detailed info. How about the relative path issue? I don't want to type the whole path when I refer to differnt files from my version control system(clearcase views). is there any way to achieve this? --- Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com> wrote: > cathy cobb wrote: > > I know that cygwin is a Unix emulator. I am able > to > > use all the commands in cygwin shell that I use on > > UNIX work stations. where as "ls /" command does > n't > > take me to the root directory, but it shows some > > files in a different directory with out showing > even > > the current directory contents. > > > > To expain in other way: > > > > Means when I execute any commands in cygwin shell > I > > need to give a relative path ../../../ etc to give > a > > file name that I refer. It is a pain to do this > for > > too long paths as you know ... > > > > What will be a fix to this problem? > > Get used to it, I'm afraid. / in cygwin-land is > wherever you intalled scygwin in Windows-land. > There's a good reason for this, namely, Windows > has drive letters and no global root. > Thus there *is* no way you could get what you want, > really. > > You can use symlinks, though, to make things > shorter. > e.g. > ln -s /cygdrive/c/windows/system winsys > will make it easier to refer to c:\windows\system, > at least in a certain way. > - Dan > > -- > My technical stuff: http://kegel.com > My politics: see http://www.misleader.org for > examples of why I'm for regime change > > ------ > Want more information? See the CrossGCC FAQ, > http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ > Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to > crossgcc-unsubscribe@sources.redhat.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ------ Want more information? See the CrossGCC FAQ, http://www.objsw.com/CrossGCC/ Want to unsubscribe? Send a note to crossgcc-unsubscribe@sources.redhat.com
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