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From: "Ralf Hauser" <hauser AT acm DOT org>
Subject: Re: cygpath returns garbage if DOS/win2k input environment  variable is too long?
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:54:35 +0200
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Randall,

Thanks, the "-p" option solved the problem.

Rgds r.
"Randall R Schulz" <rrschulz AT cris DOT com> wrote in message
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> Ralf,
>
> You're trying to convert a PATH (or PATH-like) variable, not a single file
> or directory name. Include the "-p" option.






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