--- Chris Morris <chrismo / homemail.com> wrote:
> > This is what I get from command line:
> >
> > C:\>ruby -e'puts Dir.pwd'
> > /cygdrive/c
> >
> > C:\>ruby -e'puts `cmd.exe /c cd`'
> > C:\
> >
> > Shouldn't these agree?  Also I have no directory
> \cygdrive.
> 
> cygwin is a compatibility layer that allows the
> unix-ish stuff of Ruby to
> run on Windows. So cygwin 'unix-izes' your drives by
> prefixing them with
> /cygdrive/, then the drive letter without a colon.
> 

What version of Cygwin are you testing on?  On mine
(1.3.5-1), it looks like this:

$ ruby -e'puts Dir.pwd'
/home

Chad

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