From: earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: RE: pathname conversion 25 Sep 1997 05:22:16 -0700 Message-ID: <19970925115640.16763.qmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain To: popineau AT esemetz DOT ese-metz DOT fr, sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com >From: Sergey Okhapkin >To: "'Fabrice.Popineau'" >Cc: "gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" >Subject: RE: pathname conversion >Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 10:06:33 +0400 > >Fabrice.Popineau wrote: >> Cygnus's goal was to allow Unix programs to run unmodified on NT. >> But there is a need too for Gnu utilities to run under Win32, with >> Win32 specifics. Emacs was ported and sources include Win32 and Unix > >I can't understand the discussion about pthnames at all... Gnu-win32 tools allows to use both unix and win32 name conventions: > >H:\>ls -l h:\site >total 1110 >-rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ Domain A 320512 Jul 05 00:00 bash.exe >-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administ Domain A 427838 Sep 23 12:58 coolview.tar.gz >-rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ Domain A 572950 Sep 23 12:50 cygwin.dll >-rw-r--r-- 1 Administ Domain U 13123 Sep 23 13:14 index.shtml >-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administ Domain A 693370 Aug 19 14:38 libcygwin.a >-rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ Domain A 3072 Jul 12 01:53 ps.exe >-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administ Domain A 235612 Sep 17 09:43 remote.tar.gz >drwxr-xr-x 5 Administ Domain A 0 Aug 01 11:11 usr >drwxr-xr-x 4 Administ Domain A 0 Aug 01 11:10 var > >H:\site>tar tvz --force-local -f H:\site\coolview.tar.gz >-rwxrwxrwx Administrators/Domain Admins 320512 Jul 05 00:00 1997 bash.exe >-rwxrwxrwx Administrators/Domain Admins 572950 Sep 23 12:50 1997 cygwin.dll >-rw-rw-rw- Administrators/Domain Admins 693370 Aug 19 14:38 1997 libcygwin.a >-rwxrwxrwx Administrators/Domain Admins 3072 Jul 12 01:53 1997 ps.exe > >H:\site>ls -l /site >total 1110 >-rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ Domain A 320512 Jul 05 00:00 bash.exe >-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administ Domain A 427838 Sep 23 12:58 coolview.tar.gz >-rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ Domain A 572950 Sep 23 12:50 cygwin.dll >-rw-r--r-- 1 Administ Domain U 13123 Sep 23 13:14 index.shtml >-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administ Domain A 693370 Aug 19 14:38 libcygwin.a >-rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ Domain A 3072 Jul 12 01:53 ps.exe >-rw-rw-rw- 1 Administ Domain A 235612 Sep 17 09:43 remote.tar.gz >drwxr-xr-x 5 Administ Domain A 0 Aug 01 11:11 usr >drwxr-xr-x 4 Administ Domain A 0 Aug 01 11:10 var > >-- That is if you in the MSDOS command mode. Try your examples from bash. - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".