Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: rschulz AT pop DOT teknowledge DOT com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <388C8C72.8BB82F3E@chemconnect.com> References: <388C8C72 DOT 8BB82F3E AT chemconnect DOT com> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:39:12 -0800 To: Craig MacFarlane , cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: Randall R Schulz Subject: Re: bash, javac and that pesky slash. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com X-Return-Path: rschulz AT teknowledge DOT com Craig, You must distinguish Cygwin programs from all others and use Windows native path name syntax for any program not compiled for Cygwin. For me, this most often manifests itself when I wish to launch Vim. Randy Schulz Teknowledge Corp. Palo Alto, CA USA At 09:31 -0800 1/24/00, Craig MacFarlane wrote: >Sun's javac, in jdk1.2.1, seems to change the >forward slashes used by bash to backward slashes >used by windows. > >e.g. > > bash-2.02% javac -d //d/destdir/classes foo.java > >produces the error message > > The \\d\destdir\classes directory does not exist. > >Is there any way to use javac with bash >while specifying destination dirs for your classes? >It appears as though javac is trying to be too smart >by substituting slashes. > >Thanks, >Craig -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com