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From: "DEWI - N. Zacharias" <N.Zacharias@dewi.de>
To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: AW: [bulk] - Directory structuring
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:06:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8CCC8F85C5F2784387A32FAD835FB4E60A1D98CECC@server03.company.internal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <34075389.post@talk.nabble.com>


Hi Paul,

>Von: PaulAThompson
>Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. Juni 2012 00:09

>Betreff: [bulk] - Directory structuring
>
>
>I am very confused about the correct manner of defining directory paths under
>cygwin, perl, and bash. I cannot determine the correct manner. Using the
>cygwin window, I navigate to locations using
>
>cd /cygdrive/c/subdir
>
>Using a bash shell to run a perl process under the shell and passing in a
>directory, I must use a windows-style specification with *nix forward slashes
>
>c:/subdir
>
>I have tried a number of manner of using cd within the bash shell to change
>directories without any success


[zac]  As far as I can reproduce all windows/terminals under cygwin using the bash. So the reason for your problem might be located somewhere else.

>Is there a simple guide to the path specifications? This seems simple, but I
>cannot figure out the correct specification
>
>Within the bash shell, I have tried
>
>cd /cygdrive/c/subdir
>cd "/cygdrive/c/subdir"
>cd c:/subdir
>cd "c:/subdir"
>
>None of these work

[zac] All of them should work! So what exactly is the reaction you get from the bash ??

Best regards
Norbert




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  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-06-27  7:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-26 22:09 PaulAThompson
2012-06-26 22:19 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2012-06-26 22:35   ` PaulAThompson
2012-06-26 22:45   ` PaulAThompson
2012-06-26 23:00     ` Larry Hall (Cygwin)
2012-06-27  7:06 ` DEWI - N. Zacharias [this message]
2012-06-27 22:04   ` AW: [bulk] - " PaulAThompson
2012-06-27 22:17 ` PaulAThompson

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