X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:28:49 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: MS-DOS path warning with maven Message-ID: <20100510142849.GA25049@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/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:21:21AM +0200, David Bala??ic wrote: >Hi! > >I have cygwin 1.7.5 (up to date as of now) on Windows XP Pro SP3 and >maven v 2.2.1. > >When I start mvn from a shell (I use mintty running bash): i get a warning: > > >cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: F:\winsux\prg\apache-maven-2.2.1/boot/ > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/f/winsux/prg/apache-maven-2.2.1/boot/ > 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 > > >I found it strange, since maven is cygwin aware and should use cygwin paths. > >Is this some bug? If you're asking if Cygwin is mysteriously deciding to report on a path like " F:\winsux\prg\apache-maven-2.2.1/boot/" then the answer is "No". This is not a Cygwin bug. It has been passed that path and is reporting on it. cgf -- 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