On 8 April 2011 12:04, Marc Girod wrote: > I am enhancing/fixing a perl tool (published to CPAN) which allows to import > files into a ClearCase > database (vob): synctree. Among the enhancements is support for cygwin. > While testing it on cygwin, I tried and failed to import it itself, from the > perl install directory, which > is under /usr/lib. > > The tool spawns an IBM utility built for Windows (in this case): cleartool. > It is this cleartool which cannot access C:\cygwin\usr\lib > > I notice that the Windows cmd shell has the exact same problem, which > disappears if using instead: > C:\cygwin\lib > > My question is (as I'll have to implement a workaround) how can I detect > this issue? > > I already found: > > $ df /usr/lib > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > C:/cygwin/lib 244196348 35784364 208411984 15% /usr/lib > > Is this the answer to my question?
Yes. 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. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
