Re: bug in cygwin_conv_to_posix_path() caused by period in win32 path

[André Bleau <andre_bleau at hotmail dot com>]

Corinna Vinschen wrote:

[...]

(*) and, funny enough, there's no API call in Win32 to return a DCWD.
There's just a call GetCurrentDirectory() which returns *the* CWD.
Which makes sense, given that the RTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS can only
store one CWD per process.

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Well, this is not surprising, as there is no such thing as a DCWD in 
Windows. It is strictly a cmd thing. Try this: start 2 instances of cmd in 
parallel:


*** First cmd ***

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\ableau>cd \winnt

C:\WINNT>D:

D:\>c:

C:\WINNT>

*** Second cmd ***

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\ableau.SOLVISION>d:

D:\>c:

C:\Documents and Settings\ableau>

***

The "DCWD" is clearly independant for each cmd.

- André Bleau, cygwin's OpenGL package maintainer.
Please address any question about the OpenGL package to cygwin at cygwin dot 
com.

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