From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ot1-x32e.google.com (mail-ot1-x32e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::32e]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E3E18385DC1E for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 20:49:24 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org E3E18385DC1E Received: by mail-ot1-x32e.google.com with SMTP id m13so1227369otf.6 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:49:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=t9hhZGzXQIRlVrbaU5Tm8GV/xqPuDgAXhZDxGX9uOEc=; b=mpeNSr0tdmg+ZO/EKCh0LV8kuyYYBkzT41LJfImCnVsCN4Cv2vljmFsDHm36COyEO9 mwvFUQ3f6IfRJiH2/2x9yG6Ix4vpQOAJG02NxB6EHR+Ou7Et6MO6S9uWu7nSjqd2JVax kBakKCqO+8XjHjw/RGPfwygd1oWSCq4H+xPvkimZ1Z+PMqBwNxqbJj+S7cf6xoLig7XM 2EoSn2lWlZImBHggEWiNr/r5uUMIVUvrZMjkjrdpERhOJ+DHJQ/ryq5JAfMYDNgp/in9 JwY4+7CySyXUQYJ85+plo/HK7fxrOeThv0NJpjoZtIxWWPQu8dkGQtgKfpgq5EZTObcj oh2Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PubIc66piNjwZwlzcRGEhPveOQZ2cJH+VQ6y4XKQHZlwc8If2j6l m6jL8KOx+ZD7oiazwcuSCjOmIiPbpUA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypLXabvZ0vU5gf9xCa9SpyluN0XhePX0UwvN3D5S+EDUSDp3Kw+hKKMnvfTFQq4Qv1SQb+7Ofw== X-Received: by 2002:a9d:6a95:: with SMTP id l21mr23519401otq.237.1586983764057; Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:49:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.10.3] ([200.57.195.23]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a73sm6678267oib.16.2020.04.15.13.49.23 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:49:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Can I find where cygwin is installed (for automation purposes) Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <08f1afcc-e045-25c5-6b7d-c37ee841b6c2@gmail.com> <707d4053-71ab-7368-9b4d-8df25408dde9@gmail.com> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Ren=c3=a9_Berber?= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:49:25 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20081209 Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, MALFORMED_FREEMAIL, MISSING_HEADERS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 20:49:26 -0000 On 4/15/2020 1:39 PM, Paul Moore via Cygwin wrote: >> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/io/file-path-formats >> >> Look for "DOS device paths" > > Thanks. That's \\?\C:\... and what I'm seeing is \??\C:\... > > Is that just a typo/bug? That's the discrepancy that was confusing me :-( A bug. If setup.exe stores those paths, then its a bug there. You could have tested that easily, on a cmd window: C:\Users\reneb>dir \\?\C:\ Volume in drive \\?\C: is OS Volume Serial Number is 922E-C431 Directory of \\?\C: 12/09/2019 02:52 PM Apps 01/04/2020 03:11 PM Boot 04/05/2020 12:12 PM cygwin64 ... 12/24/2019 08:09 PM Users 04/14/2020 05:45 PM Windows 0 File(s) 0 bytes 14 Dir(s) 0 bytes free C:\Users\reneb>dir \?\C:\ The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. -- R.B.