Craig Dickson wrote: > > Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > > Craig Dickson wrote: > > > > > > Eric G. Miller wrote: > > > > > > > Yea, but don't you need a switch to change drives? > > > > > > > > c:\> cd d:\cygwin > > > > c:\> Does not compute... > > > > c:\> d: > > > > d:\> cd cygwin > > > > d:\cygwin>
Which keystrokes did I miss? I even created exactly your example directories to prove that you *DID NOT* test this prior to posting ;> C:\>mkdir cygwin C:\>d: D:\TMP>cd\ D:\>mkdir cygwin D:\>cd\tmp D:\TMP>c: C:\>cd d:\cygwin C:\>d: D:\cygwin>cd cygwin The system cannot find the path specified. D:\cygwin>ver Windows NT Version 4.0 Actually, this only goes to prove how lame the drive letter concept is! Is this how your ``typical users'' expect windoze cli to behave? > > > > Okay, that isn't the real error message... That whole drive letter > > > > thing is way dainbramaged... > > > > > > The drive letter thing is indeed quite lame, although it probably made > > > better sense in the days of 4 kb RAM on an 8080 processor (MS-DOS > > > inherited, or stole, that design from CP/M, which did indeed run on > > > such limited machines). > > > > > > However, your example is actually wrong. "cd d:\cygwin" is a perfectly > > > legal MS-DOS command; it sets the current working directory for drive D > > > to \cygwin, regardless of what your current drive is. > > > > Haven't I already caught you trying to foist un-tested information > > earlier in this thread? > > No, you haven't. I believe I've tested everything I've posted in this > thread. > > > This fails on *ALL* of the following canonical installations: > > > > MS-DOS v3.31 > > windoze 3.x > > windoze 9x > > windoze nt 4 > > windoze 2000 > > You are either a liar, an incompetent, or an illiterate. MS-DOS and all > versions of Windows work as I have described. Period. This is not > debatable. > > Just to be absolutely clear about this, try this test on any DOS/Windows > machine: > > C:\> D: > D:\> C: > C:\> cd d:\path > C:\> D: > D:\path> This is *NOT* the same as your original -- which, coincidentally, is that example which I refuted, both here and in my prior post. > Substitute for "path" the name of any top-level directory on D:. For > that matter, substitute any two drives you like for C: and D:. > > Notice that in the first two lines, we establish that both C: and D: > have their root directories as their working directories. Then in the > third line, "cd d:\" changes the current working directory on D:. It > doesn't set D: as your current drive, but then I never said it did. Read > carefully and learn to follow instructions before you accuse me of > lying, you stupid asshole. Be careful, son, your ignorance is showing . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . .
