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Re: Windows tools can access /usr/share but not /usr/lib


On 2011-04-08 11:04Z, Marc Girod wrote:
[...]
> While testing it on cygwin, I tried and failed to import it itself, from the
> perl install directory, which
> is under /usr/lib.
> 
> The tool spawns an IBM utility built for Windows (in this case): cleartool.
> It is this cleartool which cannot access C:\cygwin\usr\lib
> 
> I notice that the Windows cmd shell has the exact same problem, which
> disappears if using instead:
> C:\cygwin\lib

/lib/ and /usr/lib/ refer to the same directory:
  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.directory-structure
"C:\cygwin\usr\lib" is unlikely to exist. When you want a windows path,
consider 'cygpath':
  http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.using.converting-paths

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