[perl #122635] Cwd::chdir fails on Cygwin for UNC paths

On Thu Aug 28 08:16:38 2014, roderich.schupp@gmail.com wrote:
> On Cygwin, Windows UNC paths like \\foo.com\users\jluser are
> represented using the POSIX "leading //" notation, e.g. //
> foo.com/users/jluser.
> 
> Cwd::chdir fails for these paths:
> 
> $ perl -MCwd -e 'Cwd::chdir("//foo.com/users/jluser") or die "chdir:
> $!";'
> chdir: No such file or directory at -e line 1.
> 
> CORE::chdir works as expected.

Please try the attached patch.

Tony

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• Re: [perl #122635] Cwd::chdir fails on Cygwin for UNC paths by Roderich Schupp
• [perl #122635] Cwd::chdir fails on Cygwin for UNC paths by Tony Cook via RT