X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <33869106.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 10:58:07 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Making Unix like paths work when using java program from Cygwin From: Earnie Boyd To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id q4IEwTee008206 On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Csaba Raduly wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Earnie Boyd  wrote: >> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:56 AM, himoundary wrote: >>> >>> I am working in a team where everyone else has a Linux/Mac OS X workstation, >>> but I have a windows workstation. Our project uses a shell script and a java >>> program to automate some deployment/setup etc, which needs to create some >>> directories of the sort /ABC/XYZ. >>> Obviously such paths are not valid in Windows. >>> >> >> You spread falsities about Windows.  Try the following in cmd.exe and >> you will be in a shock for your life. >> >> mkdir /ABC/XYZ > > Well, I tried it. Maybe you should have, too. > I have before but not working today! ;p However rmdir "/abc/xyz" did, note the quotes; the mkdir command did not. The one thing I find in Windows, nothing is consistent. > H:\>mkdir /ABC/XYZ > The syntax of the command is incorrect. > > When it comes to computers, it takes more than that to shock me :) I'm still surprised occasionally but not often. -- Earnie -- https://sites.google.com/site/earnieboyd -- 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