On 24/11/2020 14:52, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 12:25 AM Thomas Wolff wrote: > >>> and please note that SysNative appears nowhere! >> That's because Sysnative is not a known folder. It is rather unknown >> just because it is virtual :) >> And that is the problem I tried to address. In cygwin32, you can `cd >> $WINDIR/Sysnative` but you wouldn't see the folder. For tools like ls or >> find it simply does not exist, while obviously it exists somehow and can >> be used in PATH. > For the benefit of other readers regarding the Sysnative virtual directory: > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winprog64/file-system-redirector > > The other links on the Microsoft documentation page regarding WoW64 > are also quite helpful. > > Bill
Thanks for the link, it does help my understanding for sure. I was following along with moderate interest but now I understand better what the problem is and find it less confusing. Hamish
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