> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Trevor Baker
> Sent: 01 July 2004 22:43
> the following
> trivial script:
Even a trivial script can have bugs in it!
> #----------
> #!/bin/sh
>
> BASEDIR=`cygpath -w .`
So here on line one, you're asking for a windoze-format path.
> FILE="$BASEDIR/out.txt"
And here on line two, you're concatenating a unix-style path to the
windoze-style path you previously asked for. That looks like a bug to me.
> touch "$FILE"
> #----------
>
> If you run this, $FILE is set to ".\/out.txt" which is not very unix
> friendly.
WDDTT!
cheers,
DaveK
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