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From:	"Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder AT niaid DOT nih DOT gov>
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	"'Daniel Colascione'" <dan DOT colascione AT gmail DOT com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:36:07 -0400
Subject:	RE: Stray /c invoking robocopy
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Daniel Colascione sent the following at Thursday, July 22, 2010 5:04 PM
>
>Where does the /c come from when I type "robocopy /?"?
>
>When I type, at a bash prompt, "robocopy /?", robocopy complains about
>an invalid parameter #1, "/c".  With switches other than "/?", I don't
>have a problem.

Sounds like /cygdrive is mounted as /, which means C: is mounted as /c.
Then bash interprets ? as the wildcard for a single character and C: is
the first drive that shows up.  Try "robocopy '/?'" or "robocopy /\?".

As an experiment, try "echo /?" at a bash prompt.  You should also see
a line that begins "none / cygdrive" in the output of "mount -m".

- Barry
  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.


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