Tom Rodman wrote:
On Thu 8/28/08 22:38 +0200 Reini Urban wrote:Larry Hall (Cygwin) schrieb:There hasn't been any effort to support Windows paths in Cygwin for a longtime. That doesn't mean it wouldn't have worked sometime in the past.it worked in cygwin 1.5.19-4
A nice long ride it had then. ;-)
It's just that doing so is not a goal of this project. Use the POSIX form of the path and will work nicely for you - /cygdrive/d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe. Ifyou need to use COMSPEC, run it through 'cygpath' to convert it to a POSIX path.$ cygstart $COMSPEC is an easy alternative.Thanks, 'cygstart "$COMSPEC"' - I see, that starts a new console session -- Will this syntax remain supported?: cd "$WINDIR" Or should I cure my habit of pasting quote protected windows paths into (interactive bash ) 'cd' commands?
Probably. But you can feed your habit for as long as Cygwin lets you. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/