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 sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <00cc01c053d8$b8d85300$7e5858ca@bct51> From: "alex" To: References: <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20001118123050 DOT 021d8890 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> <5 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 25 DOT 0 DOT 20001118161457 DOT 00a54830 AT pop DOT bresnanlink DOT net> Subject: Re: How to run javac Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 00:32:54 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Abbey" To: Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 6:27 AM Subject: Re: How to run javac > > > Larry, nailed problem #1, javac is itself a java program, and java doesn't > grok cygwin paths (unfortunately) so you need to either pass it a dos path > it will understand, or a basic unix path it will understand. I'll discourage > you from attempting the second, as it would go against the generally accepted > rule of not putting cygwin' root directory in your dos root ( i.e. / == c:\ ). > This leaves the best option as passing java a path it will understand. Try > this: > > javac -d . `cygpath -w /cygdrive/c/abc/abc.java` > but it doesn't work when *.java -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com