Re: [1.7] recursive /cygdrive problem

2009-09-21 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sep 17 01:55, Shaddy Baddah wrote: Hi Larry, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: snip Genuine bug? No, a feature. Having the existing drives show up under '/cygdrive' is a convenience for things like bash and other shells so that they can do completion on the paths to these drives. If

[1.7] recursive /cygdrive problem

2009-09-16 Thread Shaddy Baddah
Hi, I am having a real problem with 1.7 that I am pretty sure is a regression. Basically, I am trying to run a find over the cygwin root installation directory itself, not from cygwin path /. However I am finding that the cygdrive directory at the cygwin root installation directory also

Re: [1.7] recursive /cygdrive problem

2009-09-16 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 09/16/2009 11:24 AM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: Hi, I am having a real problem with 1.7 that I am pretty sure is a regression. Basically, I am trying to run a find over the cygwin root installation directory itself, not from cygwin path /. However I am finding that the cygdrive directory at the

Re: [1.7] recursive /cygdrive problem

2009-09-16 Thread Shaddy Baddah
Hi again, Shaddy Baddah wrote: The following is an example for 1.7: sha...@x-vista ~ $ cd /cygdrive/c/software/cygwin/ sha...@x-vista /cygdrive/c/software/cygwin $ ls ./cygdrive c d e It has occurred to me that this wasn't the optimal example, as it does not eliminate a problem with the cd

Re: [1.7] recursive /cygdrive problem

2009-09-16 Thread Shaddy Baddah
Hi Larry, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: snip Genuine bug? No, a feature. Having the existing drives show up under '/cygdrive' is a convenience for things like bash and other shells so that they can do completion on the paths to these drives. If you don't want what's under the '/cygdrive'

Re: [1.7] recursive /cygdrive problem

2009-09-16 Thread Shaddy Baddah
Hi Larry, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: snip Genuine bug? No, a feature. Having the existing drives show up under '/cygdrive' is a convenience for things like bash and other shells so that they can do completion on the paths to these drives. If you don't want what's under the '/cygdrive'

Re: [1.7] recursive /cygdrive problem

2009-09-16 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
On 09/16/2009 11:55 AM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: Respectfully, I think you've misunderstood my problem. I've just posted a followup which will show an out and out inconsistency (well, at least in my opinion): sha...@x-vista ~ $ ls /cygdrive/c/software/cygwin/cygdrive sha...@x-vista ~ $ cd