X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:36:29 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin snapshot and 'last-cache' file Message-ID: <20070403213629.GC13398@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 11:00:42PM +0200, Angelo Graziosi wrote: >The file /etc/setup/last-cache contains path in DOS-like style: > > C:\cygwin\home\Angelo\Downloads\cygwin setup.exe is not a cygwin program. >When a script tries to retrive this information from 'last-cache' under >the snapshot (for 1.7.0 release) there is the warning: "a script"? As in a script that you wrote? > cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: C:/cygwin/home/Angelo/Downloads/cygwin > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /home/Angelo/Downloads/cygwin > CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this > warning. > Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: > http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > >... and I remember some discussion (MAKE-3.81 etc.) in which you were >reluctanct in accepting the DOS-like paths. So, if you grab some data from a random file on the system and that file contains a DOS path and you then try to use the DOS path under cygwin, you will get a warning which explains that it's not a good idea to use DOS paths along with information about how to avoid getting the warning. Seems like everything is working as designed. OTOH, if the above script is something from the cygwin distribution then please be more specific so that it can be fixed. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/