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Re: Windows tools can access /usr/share but not /usr/lib
Andy Koppe wrote:
>
> You should use the cygpath utility to translate Cygwin paths to
> Windows paths, rather than just changing slashes and prefixing with
> C:\cygwin. Apart from everything else, Cygwin might be installed
> somewhere other than C:\cygwin.
>
I cope for that last problem with df already.
The reason I didn't use cygpath so far is that I need more flexibility...
I'll have some paths which don't exist (yet) or only under a ClearCase view,
even if they are reported 'bare'; or with a prefix.
But OK. There is some complexity anyway...
Marc
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