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: <00b901c10a21$5fcccb60$6464648a@ca.boeing.com> From: "Michael A. Chase" To: "Michael Mustun" , 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 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 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. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Mustun" To: 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)? -- 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/