X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4C21005D.90903@cygwin.com> References: <719383.40927.qm@web82106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4C21005D.90903@cygwin.com> From: "DePriest, Jason R." Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:39:38 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Using cron with network share 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 Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <> wrote: > On 6/22/2010 2:20 PM, Oren Cheyette wrote: >> >> I did finally get it to work by using the UNC path. I had thought that it >> was >> always preferable to use a unix-style path, particularly since cygwin now >> warns about using W32-style paths. > > If you're talking about using '\' as the path separator, yes, it is always > preferable to use '/' instead. =A0However, with Cygwin, there is no reason > you cannot use '/' for UNC paths, just like you can with DOS-like paths > that Cygwin typically permits (i.e. C:/local/directory). > >> Thanks very much for the help. > > Glad I could help. > > -- > Larry Hall =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0htt= p://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(508) 893-9= 779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(508) 8= 93-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 I always use forward slashes for UNC paths in Cygwin. Typing 'ls //someserver/someshare' is much easier to look at than 'ls \\\\someserver\\someshare' don't you think? Although hitting the hidden admin shares does require a slash 'ls //someserver/ADMIN\$' -Jason -- 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