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 X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <3A8BCC57.8F2E4226@yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 07:32:23 -0500 From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: Earnie Boyd X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Refling CC: Earnie Boyd Subject: Re: limitation NEEDS to be mentioned in the FAQ References: <200102141953 DOT LAA34555 AT bosworth DOT spimageworks DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit John Refling wrote: > > >> The definitive answer is don't use quotes in your Win32 path. They're > >> not needed by Win32 and they break Cygwin. > > >> That would be because in the five years I've been on this list, you're > >> the first person with the problem. I would say the risk is pretty low > >> so spending time thinking about a fix for anyone is a waste. The answer > >> is, don't quote the paths in the Win32 environment. > > This limitiation NEEDS to be mentioned in the FAQ, then, just to avoid > this problem, if it really breaks cygwin. Unfortunately our machines are > set up by an IS dept, and we have little control over them on an on-going > basis! > It may need to be mentioned in the documentation but this isn't a FAQ. FAQ is an acronym for Frequently Asked Questions. This question hasn't been frequently asked (once in five years). Earnie. P.S.: I've included the list on this response and have redirected your responses there. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple