Juan, thanks for this, it does work. (on my system I setup `cygdrive` to be `/mnt` using fstab, though). But I think the C:/ syntax should be supported as well. After all, `ls C:/` works correctly on Cygwin. Don't you think?
On 4 July 2016 at 04:10, Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez <juanmi.3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Even if it's similar to Windows command-line, you are still in a POSIX > system, and Cygwin use /cygdrive/ for all the drive letters. > > So for file:///C:/ you should use file:///cygdrive/c/ > > On 2016-07-04 at 01:51, Gene Pavlovsky wrote: >> cygstart‘s manpage says it’s similar to the Windows command-line start >> command. >> It is indeed able to open http://example.com in the default browser. >> However, cygstart file:///C:/ results in an error message: >> Unable to start 'C:\cygwin\c\': The specified file was not found. >> The Windows start command opens file:///C:/ links in the default >> browser without a hitch. >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > -- > Juan Miguel Navarro Martínez > > GPG Keyfingerprint: > 5A91 90D4 CF27 9D52 D62A > BC58 88E2 947F 9BC6 B3CF > > -- > 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 > -- 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