Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: >> Sorry, but I fail to see the point the last example wants to make. > > I agree. For me, the real test is this: > > me@work ~ > $ cd /cygdrive > > me@work /cygdrive > $ ls > c d > > So `/cygdrive` *is* a valid directory in Cygwin. That supports the code that does not special case a path that begins with /cygdrive/ and simply treats it as a full path and freely use relative path, I guess. Very good point.
