X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,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 Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 14:53:23 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: re: Windows-style pathname does not work as command - why? From: neal s To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 I suggest for your convenience, you try making a symbolic link=A0 ... Perhaps something like ... $ ln -s /cygdrive/c/tools/emacs-23.2/bin/runemacs.exe /usr/local/bin/runema= cs Then open up a fresh shell and see if 'runemacs' now works for you. (the shell you made the symbolic link in, will likely NOT be able to use the new link) new-shell$ runemacs When I tried something similar to your situation, but with VIM I got the following ---------------------- $ C:\\PROGRA~1\\vim\\vim72\\gvim.exe cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path detected: /usr/local/bin/C:\PROGRA~1\vim\vim72\gvim.exe Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /usr/local/bin/C:/PROGRA~1/vim/vim72/gvim.= exe CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warn= ing. Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames bash: C:\PROGRA~1\vim\vim72\gvim.exe: command not found --------------------- While it may not be easy to make bash properly handle dos style paths for executeables, I do believe that you can make your life much easier with well chosen symbolic links. -- 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