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From: Anton Ertl <anton AT a0 DOT complang DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at>
Message-Id: <200303122208.XAA17485@a0.complang.tuwien.ac.at>
Subject: Mixing / and \ path separators
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:08:27 +0100 (MET)
Reply-To: anton AT mips DOT complang DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at
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Cygwin 1.3.18(0.69/3/2) handles filenames like

/usr/local/share/gforth/0.5.9-20030201\kernl32l.fi

all right, where the "\" is meant as a path separator.  Cygwin
1.3.19(0.71/3/2) and 1.3.20 reportedly do not like such names (file
not found).  Is this intentional and will it stay that way?  If so,
how should I deal with path names where parts of the path come from
ordinary windows users?

Background: We use Cygwin for the Windows port of Gforth
(http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/).  The Windows port
currently produces mixes like the above by default, and we could
change that; but I am worried about paths coming from the users (e.g.,
through the GFORTHPATH environment variable), which may use either
way.

- anton


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