Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:08:22 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: more info on cvs Message-ID: <20010430160822.B32086@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <3AEDAF0F.80309@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: <3AEDAF0F.80309@home.com>; from heitzso@home.com on Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:29:35PM -0400 On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:29:35PM -0400, Heitzso wrote: >After reading FAQ/Doc I'm noting that goal of Cygwin is for all >programs to run under cmd.exe with backslashed file names just fine. Cygwin does work fine with backslashed file names. This does not mean that individual utilities understand backslashed file names. If the utility comes from UNIX it is unlikely that it will handle backslashed filenames correctly. We don't guarantee that every package maintainer will take the not-insubstantial amount of time required to adapt a package to MS-DOS pathnames. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple