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: <3B391600.6080408@gruntose.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 19:08:48 -0400 From: "Fred T. Hamster" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.1) Gecko/20010607 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Cygwin: Open or Closed System? (was: two problems with cygwin's zip) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i was just doing some research to make sure i wasn't overstating this case for win32 pathnames, because i'm always willing to concede i might be off on the wrong track. certainly i am confused about things sometimes. but i don't think this is one of those times. within the cygwin user guide documentation, i find the following text in the section "expectations for windows programmers" ( http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ov-ex-win.html ) : All tools may be used from the Microsoft command line prompt, with full support for normal Windows pathnames. that text would seem to indicate fairly strongly that cygwin is actually intended to support "normal windows pathnames" after all. a big issue for me at least is that cygwin does not in fact support "normal windows pathnames" currently. is that statement of support above just marketing lingo, or is it a real commitment? i sincerely hope that it's real. here are some examples of the path treatment i'm seeing... note that the first path is a normal windows pathname, but it doesn't work. the second is a mixture of path conventions, but it does work. these commands were entered in an ms command prompt. ] ls l:\source\lib_src\library\basis\a* ls.exe: l:\source\lib_src\library\basis\a*: No such file or directory ] ls l:\source\lib_src\library\basis/a* l:\source\lib_src\library\basis/array.h l:\source\lib_src\library\basis/array_algorithms.cpp ....etc files starting with 'A'.... i'm assuming that 'ls' uses glob(), which would seem to make this issue relevant to the cygwin dll. thanks, fred. -- _____ chosen by the Nechung Oracle Program [ http://www.gruntose.com/ ] _____ 53. Distractions With but a small understanding One may follow Tao like a main road, Fearing only to leave it; Following a main road is easy, But being sidetracked is also easy. For when palaces are kept up Fields are left to weeds And granaries empty. Wearing fine clothes, Bearing sharp swords, Glutting with food and drink, Hoarding wealth and possessions - These are the ways of theft And deviations from Tao. _____________ not necessarily my opinions, not necessarily not. _____________ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/