[EXTERNAL] Re: Strange behavior when executing programs

[Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C]]

Sorry about the earlier typos

> (and, hence, I suppose for the purposes of the OP).

and, hence, I suppose, *would work* for the purposes of the OP.

> Since realpath is supposed to resolve all symlinks,

I meant by default (the -P behavior).  If -s was asked, then the output would be corect.

Anton Lavrentiev
Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI

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> Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin
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> Cc: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Subject: RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Strange behavior when executing programs
> 
> > Let's consider this problem again, but I don't see a quick and easy
> > solution.
> 
> $ realpath /cygdrive/s/ado/msadox.dll
> /cygdrive/s/ado/msadox.dll            <====== IMO the problem is actually here
> 
> $ realpath msadox.dll
> /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Common Files/System/ado/msadox.dll
> 
> Both paths should start with /cygdrive/c, and then those would be identical
> (and, hence, I suppose for the purposes of the OP).
> 
> A substed drive is nothing BUT a symlink, should be treated no differently than
> /cygdrive/s -> /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Common Files/System
> 
> Because even Windows shows you the same:
> S:\: => C:\Program Files\Common Files\System
> 
> Since realpath is supposed to resolve all symlinks, it should never show any
> /cygdrive/s in the resultant path.
> 
> My $.02,
> 
> Anton Lavrentiev
> Contractor NIH/NLM/NCBI
> 
> 
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