Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/05/24/08:39:48
On May 23 18:47, Lev Bishop wrote:
> On 5/23/07, Corinna Vinschen <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx AT xxxxxx DOT xxx> wrote:
http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR
> >Done. The rules have changed slightly, but should be consistent now.
> >The option handling when reading from files (-o -f ...) is now identical
> >to the option handling from the the command line, except that the -o and
> >-f options are invalid when reading from a file.
>
> Now, one can't do, eg, "cygpath -w -S" to get the system directory in
> windows format (or even "cygpath -u -S" to explicitly ask for it in
> unix form. Previously these worked. Is that intentional?
That's called a bug, I guess.
> "cygpath -f" seems to ignore commandline options, eg to convert to
> windows format:
> $ cygpath -w -f - <<< /usr/bin/bash
> /usr/bin/bash
>
> "cygpath -of" seems to default to windows format rather than unix
> format, except for "system directory" options:
>
> $ /bin/echo -e "/usr/bin/bash\n-P" | cygpath -of -
> C:\cygwin\bin\bash
> /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Lev/Start Menu/Programs
I have a new version, but it requires a patch to newlib. The fixes
will be in the next developer's snapshot, as soon as the newlib fix
has been approved.
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/
- Raw text -