cgf wrote: > >It does seem to allow >dir c:\cygwin\bin.\ls.exe The following succeed (windows 2000): dir c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe dir c:\cygwin\bin.\ls.exe dir c:\cygwin\bin..\ls.exe dir c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe. dir c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe.. dir c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe... dir c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe.... dir c:\cygwin.\bin\ls.exe dir c:\cygwin.\bin.\ls.exe dir c:\cygwin.\bin..\ls.exe dir c:\cygwin.\bin.\ls.exe....
The following fail: dir c:\cygwin..\bin\ls.exe dir c:\cygwin.\bin...\ls.exe Strangely inconsistent about the number of dots based on position in a path. -Richard Campbell.
