cygpath -w converts relative paths to absolute windows paths

[Roger Qiu]

Hi,

I've found that `cygpath --windows '../` will give back an absolute 
windows path.

I thought this would only happen if you provide the `--absolute` flag, 
or when the path is a special cygwin path.

But this occurs just for normal directories.

I have come across a situation where I need to convert ntfs symlinks to 
unix symlinks and back. Sometimes these symlinks have relative paths 
them. Now by using cygpath --windows, I get back absolute paths, which 
means the integrity of the symlink isn't preserved.

Can `cygpath --windows '../directory'` give back `..\directory` for 
paths aren't special cygwin paths? These relative backslashes are 
supported in Windows right now.

Thanks,

Roger

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