X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <98f79fac1002190437g5fec3138mb2c7e24d8f03212a@mail.gmail.com> References: <98f79fac1002180955m1ddea014id0b27cc3b909a17a@mail.gmail.com> <4B7D80B3.4000300@cygwin.com> <98f79fac1002181224g7987690dn6822d025d1a59405@mail.gmail.com> <4B7DA704.1080709@cygwin.com> <98f79fac1002190437g5fec3138mb2c7e24d8f03212a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:40:48 +0100 Message-ID: <98f79fac1002190440r70b09b15j95520d05fa11d73d@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: CreateProcess() - executed program gets different argument depending if it's compiled with gcc (cygwin) or cl (VS)? From: Piotr Krukowiecki To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote: >>> "\\hostname" is remote path location, I don't think I can use >>> "//hostname" instead, either for cygwin program and especially not for >>> not-cygwin program, can I? (can't check it now) >> >> With Windows, you're free to use either path separator. =A0With Cygwin, >> you're life will be easier if you use '/' though it will accept '\' too = if >> properly escaped. > > ok, so it works for paths - but what about other arguments, that are And even for paths the results might be different - i.e. the program might interpret "//foo" differently than "\\foo" - e.g. as an option. --=20 Piotr Krukowiecki -- 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