Hi, thanks for the response. I am currently running 1.5.7(0.109/3/2 on XP. I also have 1.3.2(0.39/3/2) running on win 2000. in 1.3.2 if I do cd c:/ the bash shows c:/ but if id cd c:/ in 1.5.2 it shows me /cygdrive/c. ANy idea how to fix this or where I can download 1.3.2(0.39/3/2)
thanks Arindam On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Larry Hall wrote: > At 01:54 PM 3/3/2004, you wrote: > >hi christopher, > > I was wondering how I can get an older version of > >cygwin. I neet the one which is CYGWIN_NT-5.0. the current release is > >CYGWIN_NT-5.1. > > > Actually, you're reporting what 'uname -s' provides, which just tells you > which version of Windows you're running Cygwin on. You're apparently > running XP. CYGWIN_NT-5.0 would indicate that the O/S is W2K. > 'uname -r' would describe the Cygwin DLL release you're running. > > > >If I do a cd c:/ in that it doesn't show c:/ but > >/cygdrive/c which is causing a problem with perforce as perforce thinks > >that it isn't in the root as it only recognises the c:/ version of path. > > > >If there is a workaround to get c:/depot/ instead of /cygdrive/c/depot on > >the bash in cygwin then please do let me know that. > > > Cygwin will not report DOS/Windows path formats. It reports POSIX-style > instead. You can convert back to DOS/Windows from POSIX with 'cygpath'. > Take a look at 'man cygpath' for details. > > > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/