Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Is that a case-sensitivity issue, perhaps? See > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-casesensitive And in case you missed this the first time, it works fine in bash >> $ bash >> $ cd c:/ >> $ pwd >> /c >> $ export FOO=c:/windows >> $ cd $FOO >> $ pwd >> /c/windows -Edward -- 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