Mail Archives: cygwin/2010/06/02/11:26:33
On 6/2/10, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 01/06/2010 09:19, Gary . wrote:
>>>> Since the tool
>>>> output is mixed paths and text, I'd hoped cygpath made "intelligent"
>>>> guesses about what was and was not likely to be a path.
...
>> Okay. So I'm SOL with tool output like
>> "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in
>> C:\cygwin\home\jg\work\foo.php on line 10"
>> then, short of parsing it myself :-(
>
> Hang on, isn't this is a bit far from your original question? You wanted
> to
> know what happens when cygpath is "given a PATH list ... without the -p
Lumme! I've been rumbled! Quick, Chopper, get the getaway car started, sharpish!
Or, more seriously, my original question was based on what I saw while
investigating looking at the tool output, that's all.
> have you ever heard the term GIGO?
Not only have I heard it, I've vast experience in it.
> cygpath expects anything you pass it is a path
Okay. That's what I was wondering. Thanks.
--
Gary
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