2009/11/2 Larry Hall (Cygwin): > 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.
C: and C:\ aren't the same thing in DOS/cmd.exe. C: means the current directory of the C drive, whereas C:\ means the root directory of the C drive. Within each cmd.exe session, each drive has its own current directory. Andy -- 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
