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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 13:25:37 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 1.3.2/Win2K: ar confused by drive letters
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In-Reply-To: <008d01c0fa59$1e489340$01000001@abeast1.com>; from david.abrahams@rcn.com on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:50:22AM -0400

On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:50:22AM -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
>Thanks for the info.
>
>Just for the record, are the cygwin tools supposed to support standard
>windows paths, or have I just been "lucky" so far?

The cygwin tools are ports of UNIX tools.  The vast majority of the tools
have not been modified to support MS-DOS paths.  So, whether they work
or not is a matter of chance.

cgf

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