On Nov 2 21:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Nov 2 14:22, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > On 11/02/2009 01:29 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > >I didn't see any documentation in the What's New/What's Changed > > >document saying that the following no longer works: > > > <cmd> <drive letter>: > > >For example: > > > $ ls C: > > > ls: cannot access C:: No such file or directory > > > > > >This had worked fine on earlier versions. > > >This has broken several of my shell scripts so I am surprised it isn't > > >either documented (if a desired change) or fixed (if a bug). > > > > I agree it's worth documenting. > > > > >Am I missing something? > > > > > >Note using C:\\ does work. > > > > C:/ also works. > > And /cygdrive/c, of course. What's the idea to use DOS paths in > POSIX shell scripts?
Btw., C: still works, if you have a file in the current working called "C:"... Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
