Re: cygwin symlink? bug

["Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin at exposure dot org dot uk>]

> Max, Trevor,
> 
> BASH keeps an internal idea of the current working directory. In the 
> face of symbolic links, this internal record of the current working 
> directory may not be identical to that computed by the "pwd" programs 
> traversal-to-root algorithm.
> 
> I use this instead of BASH's built-in pwd command:
> 
> wd() {
>      WD="$(pwd)"
>      WDP="$(/bin/pwd)"
>      if [ "$WD" != "$WDP" ]; then
>          echo "bash: $WD"$'\n'"real: $WDP"
>      else
>          echo "$WD"
>      fi
> }
> 
> I use this one if I want to see the Windows form of the current working 
> directory, too:
> 
> awd() {
>      WD="$(pwd)"
>      WDP="$(/bin/pwd)"
>      if [ "$WD" != "$WDP" ]; then
>          echo "bash: $WD"$'\n'"cyg:  $WDP"
>      else
>          echo "cyg:  $WD"
>      fi
>      echo "win:  $(cygpath -w -a "$(pwd)")"
>      echo "mix:  $(cygpath -m -a "$(pwd)")"
> }
> 
> Randall Schulz

Thanks Randall, That's something new for my sandbox ;-)

Ando sorry..meant to send to the list not a direct thing :::::::-)


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn@exposure.org.uk
www.exposure.org.uk


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