Hi SB, I'm kinda new to this too...here's what i think:
>>leesb@leesb-kr ~ >>$ which notepad >>/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/notepad any time you access the filesystem *outside* of the cygwin install folder (and *nix-esque file structure), cygwin uses the above format C:\foo\bar.txt = /cygdrive/c/foo/bar.txt >>leesb@leesb-kr ~ >>$ cygpath -w /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/notepad >>c:\WINNT\system32\notepad >>leesb@leesb-kr ~ >>$ c:\WINNT\system32\notepad >>bash: c:WINNTsystem32notepad: command not found >>leesb@leesb-kr ~ >>$ c:\WINNT\system32\notepad.exe >>bash: c:WINNTsystem32notepad.exe: command not found bash interprets the '\' character as an escape character. If you have a really long command for the shell, you can use the '\' to tell the shell that when you press enter, you aren't trying to execute the command, just get a little more room to type. such as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ rsync --archive --recursive --group --owner --permissions \ [*hit enter*] [you get a greater-than '>' on the left and keep typing] >--exclude-file=exclusions /etc/foo /bkup/bar and at the end, when you hit 'enter' it runs both lines as if they were one really long line. Cygwin also uses the '\' to handle spaces in filenames: C:\My Documents\My Music\The Allman Brothers Band\Mountain Jam.mp3 ==> /cygdrive/c/My\ Documents/My\ Music/The\ Allman\ Brothers\ Band/Mountain\ Jam.mp3 >>leesb@leesb-kr ~ >>$ /cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32/notepad <-- in this case, it's working fine. this worked because you used the format that cywin understands :-) >>What should I look at to fix this? Any ideas? >>Please reply all because I'm not a subscriber. Thanks. try "A Practical Guide to Linux" by Mark G. Sobell. It's an excellent, thorough, and easily accesible reference. It's got a great section on the bash shell, and gets really into scripting, etc. Good Luck! -Jonathan -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
