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From:	"Paul Johnston" <johnston DOT p AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To:	<cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	Re: bash, javac and that pesky slash.
Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:13:56 -0800
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Strange, I'm using cygwin with jdk1.2.2/1.2.1/1.1.8 and have been happily
backslash-free on my NT box.  Javac understands normal unix-style path
separators for me...

$ javac -d /home/me/lib/java Foo.java Bar.java

why the 2 leading solidii in your -d example?

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Craig MacFarlane <craigm AT chemconnect DOT com>
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Monday, January 24, 2000 9:32 AM
Subject: bash, javac and that pesky slash.


>
>Sun's javac, in jdk1.2.1, seems to change the
>forward slashes used by bash to backward slashes
>used by windows.
>
>e.g.
>
>  bash-2.02% javac -d //d/destdir/classes foo.java
>
>produces the error message
>
>  The \\d\destdir\classes directory does not exist.
>
>Is there any way to use javac with bash
>while specifying destination dirs for your classes?
>It appears as though javac is trying to be too smart
>by substituting slashes.
>
>Thanks,
>Craig
>
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