On 14/01/16 22:14, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Am 14.01.2016 um 19:13 schrieb Ramsay Jones:
>> Correct me if I'm wrong (quite possible), but
>> _each_ drive has a current working directory associated with
>> it in win32, so it's a bit difficult to use drive designators
>> with a relative path (eg. C:usr/lib).
>
> As far as it matters for Git, such a path is still an absolute path,
> because it is not anchored at $(pwd).
I have been using cygwin on windows since beta-18 (about 1995), in order
to avoid most of the horrors of the windows command line, so I'm a little
rusty. ;-)
You know windows _much_ better than me, so could you please educate me
on this point. I tried this (on windows 8.1):
ramsay@satellite $ cmd
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]
(c) 2013 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay>cd junk
cd junk
C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk>dir
dir
Volume in drive C is TI31255200A
Volume Serial Number is 0024-4AC0
Directory of C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> .
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> ..
15/01/2016 00:23 1 regular
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> sub-1
15/01/2016 00:24 <DIR> sub-2
1 File(s) 1 bytes
4 Dir(s) 800,988,291,072 bytes free
C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk>dir C:
dir C:
Volume in drive C is TI31255200A
Volume Serial Number is 0024-4AC0
Directory of C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> .
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> ..
15/01/2016 00:23 1 regular
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> sub-1
15/01/2016 00:24 <DIR> sub-2
1 File(s) 1 bytes
4 Dir(s) 800,988,291,072 bytes free
C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk>dir C:.
dir C:.
Volume in drive C is TI31255200A
Volume Serial Number is 0024-4AC0
Directory of C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> .
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> ..
15/01/2016 00:23 1 regular
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> sub-1
15/01/2016 00:24 <DIR> sub-2
1 File(s) 1 bytes
4 Dir(s) 800,988,291,072 bytes free
C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk>dir C:\
dir C:\
Volume in drive C is TI31255200A
Volume Serial Number is 0024-4AC0
Directory of C:\
17/09/2015 15:52 <DIR> cygwin64
05/08/2015 10:10 383 ftconfig.ini
09/04/2014 05:41 <DIR> Intel
22/08/2013 15:22 <DIR> PerfLogs
06/10/2015 19:28 <DIR> Program Files
26/12/2015 14:09 <DIR> Program Files (x86)
18/05/2014 11:18 0 Recovery.txt
03/12/2013 17:02 <DIR> Toshiba
25/06/2014 18:15 <DIR> UBIOS
26/12/2015 14:09 <DIR> Users
27/08/2015 10:08 <DIR> Windows
2 File(s) 383 bytes
9 Dir(s) 800,988,299,264 bytes free
C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk>dir C:sub-1
dir C:sub-1
Volume in drive C is TI31255200A
Volume Serial Number is 0024-4AC0
Directory of C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk\sub-1
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> .
15/01/2016 00:23 <DIR> ..
15/01/2016 00:23 1 bill
15/01/2016 00:23 1 fred
2 File(s) 2 bytes
2 Dir(s) 800,988,299,264 bytes free
C:\cygwin64\home\ramsay\junk>exit
exit
ramsay@satellite $
... which seems to contradict what you say above.
What am I missing?
ATB,
Ramsay Jones
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