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Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 15:59:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: John Morrison <john DOT r DOT morrison AT ntlworld DOT com>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com,
   "Romaszkiewicz, Tom" <Tom DOT Romaszkiewicz AT racalinst DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: RE: Cygwin GNU App driving Clearcase NT
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On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, John Morrison wrote:

> > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have just begun to use cygwin on Windows NT4, with the aim of using GNU
> > Toolchain apps.
> > I'm having a problem with GNU PATCH (2.5.4) compiled under cygwin,
> > interacting with Clearcase NT (4.2)
> >
> > PATCH correctly senses a file to be patched is under Clearcase
> > control, and
> > generates the correct Cleartool checkout command line syntax accordingly
> > (cleartool co -unr -nc <filename> ), but this operation always seems to
> > fail.
> >
> > Assuming originally PATCH was at fault, I built for Win32, and
> > the Cleartool
> > checkout command worked successfully.
> >
> > My current thinking is my problem is about a UNIX app driving the DOS
> > Command line, and Cygwin needs to be configured somehow? Can
> > someone suggest
> > anything I can try?
>
> Does it work when <filename> has no path information?  If so, try
> using cygdrive -w -p <filename>

Ahem...  'cygpath -w -p <filename>'?  Just for the archives, before some
poor slob starts asking "what is cygdrive, and why don't i have it
installed"...
	Igor
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