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From: "Alex Genkin" <agenkin@dimacs.rutgers.edu>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: calling cygwin executables from Windows
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 21:16:36 -0400
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Hi,
I like to use gnu text utils like join or sort from Windows command prompt, not 
from Cugwin bash.
This mostly works fine unless you are trying to use a file tha is not in the 
current directory. Looks like those utils get confused about Windows paths. Is 
that right?

Thanks


Alexander Genkin
agenkin@dimacs.rutgers.edu
732 445 4579 


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