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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 12:56:29 -0500
From: Chris Faylor <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
To: Randall R Schulz <rschulz AT teknowledge DOT com>
Cc: Craig MacFarlane <craigm AT chemconnect DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: bash, javac and that pesky slash.
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In-Reply-To: <v04220802b4b23e518417@[206.173.234.247]>; from rschulz@teknowledge.com on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 09:39:12AM -0800

On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 09:39:12AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>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.

Of course, you can always get a cygwin version of vim and then you
wouldn't have this problem.

Check out the cygwin web page for pointers to all sorts of ported
software.

cgf

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