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: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:59:43 +0100 Message-ID: <5103-Tue07Aug2001165943+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk> X-Mailer: emacs 20.7.1 (via feedmail 9-beta-7 I); VM 6.92 under Emacs 20.7.1 From: David Starks-Browning MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Mike" CC: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: backslash in pathfile under Cygwin In-Reply-To: <00a801c11f57$e7f9fb20$85013d0a@lyon.ixo.fr> References: <00a801c11f57$e7f9fb20$85013d0a@lyon.ixo.fr> On Tuesday 7 Aug 01, Mike writes: > Hi all, > > I'm sorry for this question (that looks trivial) but I'm a newbie. > Here is the question : > > Is there an easy way for me to use DOS path (using backslashes) under > Cygwin ? > > I've tried : 'c:\winnt\system32\calc.exe" but it does not work. > Of course c:/winnt/system32/calc.exe works but I try to use Windows programs > that open files with a DOS like path... I suggest you read the FAQ entry "How do I convert between Windows and UNIX paths?" Let us know if you still need help after that. David (Cygwin FAQ maintainer) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/