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Cygwin scp directory path

In Cygwin I can execute commands like this:

ls -l d:/folder
mkdir d:/folder/anotherfolder

But for some reason scp doesn't want to work like this:

$ scp -r username@ipaddr:d:/remote/folder d:/folder
ssh: Could not resolve hostname d: Name or service not known

But it works like this:

$ scp -r username@ipaddr:d:/remote/folder /cygdrive/d/folder

Any other command works with paths like "d:/folder", only scp don't.

Does anyone know why?

Solution

  • /cygdrive/d/folder is the default POSIX way. All cygwin programs recognize it. So use it as your default.

    d:/folder is an old compatilbility trick, but most of the current Cygwin programs do NOT recognize it. It is usually implemented as Cygwin specific patch of upstream source.