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Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 20:57:44 -0700
From: Jeffrey Twu <jctwu AT CSUA DOT Berkeley DOT EDU>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: /usr/bin tools and directories with backslashes
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Hi all,

	I like to use Cygwin in a Win2K cmd.exe shell, and I have
C:\cygwin\bin in my PATH.  I've noticed, though, that commands that I
use very frequently (mv, cp, rm, unzip) don't handle backslash ('\')
directory strings very well.  For example, I tried to unzip foo.zip -d
\, and no files could be created.

	I presume this is normal behavior?  And the advice is:  "Stop
using cmd.exe and use {bash,tcsh}"?  Please confirm.  Thanks, much!

Jeff
jctwu AT csua DOT berkeley DOT edu

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