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From: "Michael A. Chase" <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
To: "Michael Mustun" <mustun AT ise DOT ch>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <01071110062202 DOT 02318 AT debian100>
Subject: Re: 1.1.8: can't access /home/user from a windows native executable like rc.exe
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:41:50 -0700
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The logic needed to convert Cygwin POSIX paths to something the underlying
filesystem can understand is in cygwin1.dll.  If a program isn't linked to
cygwin1.dll, it can't interpret them and I doubt that any Microsoft tools
are linked to cygwin1.dll.

"//nthost/app/main.ico" worked because no Cygwin conversion was necessary,
the underlying MSDOS I/O library actually accepts either '/' or '\' as
filespec section separators at least some of the time.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Mustun" <mustun AT ise DOT ch>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 01:06
Subject: 1.1.8: can't access /home/user from a windows native executable
like rc.exe


> 1.1.8: can't access /home/user from a windows native executable like
rc.exe
>
> Why does the following not work:
>
> - - -
> $ RC.EXE afile.rc
>
>
> afile.rc (2): error RC2135 : file not found:
> /home/app/main.ico
>
> - - -
>
> The file /home/app/main.ico is accessible and readable
> with vi etc..
>
>
> Contents of afile.rc:
> - - -
> $ cat ./afile.rc
> DIOS_ICON  ICON  DISCARDABLE
> "/home/app/main.ico"
> - - -
>
> If I use "//nthost/app/main.ico" (UNC notation?)
> instead of "/home/app/main.ico", it works.
>
> Again, why can RC.EXE and other m$-tools not access
> files in the posix notation (/a/bb/ccc)?



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