>>> >>> So in this situation, is it possible to get the cwd value as >>> "/cygdrive/c/temp/appdir/bin" using some cygwin API? >> >> No, it is generally not possible to get the POSIX path to anything in >> the cygwin root (/) tree to be prefixed by the /cygdrive prefix. The >> /cygdrive prefix exists solely to resolve paths that are outside of /, >> so paths inside that tree don't need the /cygdrive prefix. >> > This path is also displayed to the enduser at different places. So our > requirement is to always get a path in the /cygdrive/ prefix format > irrespective of whether it is inside the cygwin root (/) or outside of > /.
I think this can be achieved by getcwd () + cygwin_conv_path(CCP_POSIX_TO_WIN_A,...) and converting the windows style path to /cygdrive/ prefix format. Thanks Eric for the pointers :) -- 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
