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Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:40:38 +0000
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Subject:	Re: [1.7.2] change in cygpath -w behaviour?
From:	Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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Corinna Vinschen:
>> On 1.7.1 (with C:\ as Cygwin root):
>> $ cygpath -w /tmp
>> C:\tmp
>>
>> On 1.7.2s(0.222/5/3) 20100219 12:56:31:
>> $ cygpath -w /tmp
>> \\?\C:\tmp
>>
>> The latter breaks scripts that aren't sufficiently careful about
>> backslash quoting, because "\\?\C:\tmp" loses a vital backslash during
>> quote removal.
>
> Thanks for the report. =C2=A0Should be fixed in CVS.

Confirmed.

Thanks,
Andy

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