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Re: "realpath" behavior


On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:13:06AM -0500, Robb, Sam wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 12:08:46AM -0500, Robb, Sam wrote:
> > > Looking for someone to confirm if this is expected 
> > behavior, or a bug:
> > > 
> > > With standard mount points:
> > > 
> > >   c:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> > >   c:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> > > 
> > >   * Calling realpath() to resolve "/bin" results in "/usr/bin".
> > >   * Likewise, calling realpath() to resolve "/lib" results 
> > in "/usr/lib".
> > > 
> > > If anything, I'd expect the opposite behavior - ie, 
> > realpath("/usr/bin")
> > > to return "/bin", etc.
> > 
> > Wrong mailing list.  Try cygwin@cygwin.com.
> 
> That said - the question remains: is this a bug, or a valid (but
> unexpected) implementation of realpath?

Thinking a while about that, it's valid.  It might be unexpected but
it's ok.  /bin translates to C:/cygwin/bin and this in turn translates
to /usr/bin taking the mount points into account.

Corinna

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