Accessing folders elsewhere than C:\cygwin

Thu Feb 10 17:13:00 GMT 2011

Corinna Vinschen wrote
> cygwin_parent=$(cygpath -ua $(cygpath -ma /)/..)

Might the ability to identify cygwin's root be a good
thing to add to cygpath? (Note: I'm not commenting on
Corinna's proposal per se - hers was just the latest
email in this thread.)
Under "System information", one could have an option
 -R, --root output cygwin root directory
where
$ cygpath -Rw
C:\cygwin
$ cygpath -Ru
/cygdrive/c/cygwin
or, if the cygdrive prefix has been changed to a simple /,
$ cygpath -Ru
/c/cygwin
Just an idea. Unfortunately, I cannot propose a patch.
Thanks for considering this.
- Barry
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