On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 00:21:51 -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > >Craig Dickson wrote: >> >> Eric G. Miller wrote: <snip> >> >> However, your example is actually wrong. "cd d:\cygwin" is a perfectly >> legal MS-DOS command; it sets the current working directory for drive D >> to \cygwin, regardless of what your current drive is. > >Haven't I already caught you trying to foist un-tested information >earlier in this thread? > >This fails on *ALL* of the following canonical installations: > > MS-DOS v3.31 > windoze 3.x > windoze 9x > windoze nt 4 > windoze 2000 > >I just finished *DEMONSTRATING* this _fact_ on five (5) systems here.
In fact, using win98se; c:\WINDOWS>a: <enter> => a:\ a:\cd c:\home <enter> => a:\ a:\c: <enter> => c:\home thus you have changed the working directory in the other drive without changing your current position. gt >The fact that you require a *nix shell (cygwin) on your windoze box is >very telling. > >As I said before, this is getting very bo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ring . . . > >-- > >Best Regards, > >mds >mds resource >888.250.3987 > >Dare to fix things before they break . . . > >Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we >think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash