X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B7D80B3.4000300@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:02:27 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: CreateProcess() - executed program gets different argument depending if it's compiled with gcc (cygwin) or cl (VS)? References: <98f79fac1002180955m1ddea014id0b27cc3b909a17a@mail.gmail.com> In-reply-to: <98f79fac1002180955m1ddea014id0b27cc3b909a17a@mail.gmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 02/18/2010 12:55 PM, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote: > Hello, > > In short, I have a problem with passing "\\127.0.0.127\foo.cxx" > argument to a called program: > > - if the executed program is compiled with cygwin's gcc the program > receives \127.0.0.127\foo.cxx (just one backslash at the begining). > - if it's compiled with cl it gets \\127.0.0.127\foo.cxx (double > backslash - what I expected) > > I suspect cygwin incorrectly mangles backslashes in this case - or > maybe I'm quoting it incorrectly, or it is Windows fault? '\' is an escape character in C, Unix, and Linux. In Windows, it's a path separator. Use '/' instead when working with Cygwin and you'll avoid allot of problems. Better yet, use POSIX paths exclusively. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple