On Feb 10 10:17, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: > > Uh, that explains it. The full message is > > > > MS-DOS style path detected: %s > > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: %s > > 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\n";); > > > > This message is only generated once per session and can be switched > > off entirely using the CYGWIN=nodosfilewarning setting. > > > > Bottom line: Don't use DOS paths. > > Understood... I don't when within Cygwin shell. > > > Second bottom line: It would be interesting to learn why the message > > has been printed, *iff* you didn't use a DOS path somewhere explicitely. > > In vim I'm executing: > > :e /cygdrive/c/source/emerge/trunk/Source/emergeLib/main.cpp > > Could it be related to using /cygdive?
I don't know. I can't reproduce this. What I do is - Start Menu -> Run -> mintty bash - ./vim - :e /cygdrive/c/autoexec.bat Nothing happens. If you have a chance to debug this it might help to find out why you see this message. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/
