At 08:41 PM 1/13/2004, Dylan Cuthbert you wrote: >Actually, the problem I was having with rsync/cygwin and codepages was >caused by cygwin's modification of file paths, ie. some Japanese encodings >can cause a filename to have three backslashes (when viewed in Japanese it >doesn't of course) in it. > >Cygwin seemed to be kicking in when it saw the backslashes to try and map >windows drive shares or something like that. > >In the end I gave up and changed what I was doing to remain on linux and >ended up using cygwin only for the very final stage (it is an automated >backup system).
Yes the Cygwin Windows to POSIX path mapping code uses the occurrence of backslash in the path as an indicator that it's a Windows path. I guess this would be a PTC situation, assuming you cannot use "mount" to mask the problem in some way. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
