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Re: cd command doesn't work


OK. Are any of  cd f:budne or cd f:/budne incorrect in ksh?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: cd command doesn't work


> On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 03:39:56PM -0500, David Feustel wrote:
> >Are any of  cd /D f:/budne or cd /D f:budne or cd f:budne or cd f:/budne
> >incorrect?
> 
> You're not getting it are you?  The help syntax that you have invoked is
> for WINDOWS!  "cd /D" has no meaning to ksh.  ksh is a UNIX utility which
> requires UNIX paths.
> 
> Ksh, obviously does not understand MS-DOS syntax.  You cannot use it.  It
> certainly doesn't understand the "/D" qualifier which is associated with
> the windows command line.
> 
> cgf
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