Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/06/03/22:22:36
--- Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
>
> Max is right (surprised Max? ;-) ) But I want to point out something
> else about what you've said. If your main concern is paths, don't
> convert '/' to '\'. Windows understands both under the hood.
> (Cygwin
> does too but that's another matter). However, this is the least of
> your problems as Max clearly states.
>
Yes, Max is right. I hadn't thought about the difference between a
"native win32" environment vs. "from a DOS prompt on a system that has
Cygwin in its path" (I rarely, if ever, run in a "native win32"
environment...)
I don't understand why we don't just get MSFT to ship cygwin1.dll...
:-)
One last point: not all flavours of Windows that are targetted for
SWISH-E support the "/" vs. "\" (e.g. Win95/98). At least, I don't
think they support it...but again, its been a long while since I've sat
in front of such a box.
Thanks for the info!
greg_fenton.
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Greg Fenton
greg_fenton AT yahoo DOT com
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