X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 22:09:39 -0400 From: "Mark J. Reed" To: lee@veritech.com, cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: how to change dir In-Reply-To: <481FA2A7.1000809@veritech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <17070344.post@talk.nabble.com> <000a01c8aef3$0e5708d0$c704d98d@cit.wayne.edu> <481FA2A7.1000809@veritech.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 39b530fae074d90c X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Ok, so I was totally wrong about Windows paths not working. I guess the OP was running into quoting issues. So the answer: put single quotes around the pathname when using it in bash. On 5/5/08, Lee D. Rothstein wrote: > Lee Maschmeyer wrote: > > Or you can use the Cygwin mount command. It took me several years(!) > > to realize the power of this utility. You need do it only once because > > they're permanent until you change them: > > cd 'x:\any windows\path will also\work' > > I do it all the time when "switching between" a windoze app path and an > existant cygwin window. > > > -- > 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/ > > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Mark J. Reed -- 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/