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 long
time. 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. If
you 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
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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. ;-)
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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