Angelo Graziosi wrote: > The file /etc/setup/last-cache contains path in DOS-like style: > > C:\cygwin\home\Angelo\Downloads\cygwin > > When a script tries to retrive this information from 'last-cache' under > the snapshot (for 1.7.0 release) there is the warning: > > cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: C:/cygwin/home/Angelo/Downloads/cygwin > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /home/Angelo/Downloads/cygwin > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this > warning. > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > > ... and I remember some discussion (MAKE-3.81 etc.) in which you were > reluctanct in accepting the DOS-like paths.
I don't get it. The script (what script?!?) should be updated to use cygpath on the value read from the file, e.g. dldir=$(cygpath -f /etc/setup/last-cache), just like any script that reads a key from the registry or some program's .ini settings file or whatever. The fact that setup.exe happens to store its internal settings as a win32 path is an internal detail, the file was never meant to be read by anything else. Besides, setup.exe is not a Cygwin app so storing its settings as posix paths would just be extra hassle. Brian -- 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/
