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Subject: | RE: Mixing / and \ path separators |
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Date: | Thu, 13 Mar 2003 09:09:50 +0100 |
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From: | "Dieter Meinert" <DMeinert AT RosenInspection DOT net> |
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Just out of curiosity triggered by this thread: How do I create a path or file name like <quote>& ?</quote> ? Neither of Unix' ways: <quote>touch \&\ \?</quote> or <quote>touch '& ?'</quote> nor <quote>touch '\&\ \?'</quote> apparently work. Regards Dieter Meinert |=> -----Original Message----- |=> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com] |=> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 8:53 AM |=> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |=> Subject: Re: Mixing / and \ path separators |=> Importance: High |=> |=> |=> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 06:43:28PM +1100, Gareth Pearce |wrote: => >> Cygwin "likes" paths with backslashes in |them. It now => just wisely |=> >> assumes that such paths are windows paths. As I'm |sure you know, => >> you don't use '/' to denote a UNIX |path. |=> > |=> >^ |=> >meanness detected. |=> |=> Actually, more like stupidity (mine) detected. I meant |to => say "...you |=> don't use '\' to denote a UNIX path". |=> |=> cgf |=> |=> -- |=> Unsubscribe info: |http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple => Bug reporting: | http://cygwin.com/bugs.html |=> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html |=> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ |=> |=> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQEVAwUBPnAuvrYBkYAdGmPFAQFf4gf/bvt9Os/95rrH+RVReFPS4lX8xgcNpRWp 8VNCkwB8ji1kWgSmxjHd1p8TOE0QNOjfiZ4jbY+CcRufIJ36HEvaf2WJsWd9oimJ FycXaQEtUA3SgKi8hdKnQQxC/8UokEdHLhEq+FLwc83XHsiOTL7d7QXX/8ZanWyj RwxpuZWlhFDSDAIEwxD9OZrqCTfe6UKAa1MwLLet74KT4fbuo3VdW/KTSSN+npR4 X8ivEH0GGJjNffvUx/nWcFAEh+S0Ujw/nZGhXbkAcQIieq2X1t0ATffGkxXKQNXa d3AWxLn5U+T3V5TXL35dFrcAsbdMahtW9XZdsmb9Cuh2owoYvfFDNw== =jq2A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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