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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:40:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Nev Bis <nevinebishay AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: ghostscript on Windows and cygwin path style
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.56.0311201326230.19459@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>
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Yes, It does. I got the echo

Before I sent the last reply, I tried invoking gs from
cygwin's command prompt with the switch
-sOutputFile=/tmp/somefile.pcx

and got the same error.

Thanks,
Nevine

--- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> wrote:
> Nev,
> 
> Please make sure your mailer respects Reply-To:.
> 
> Does your gs script get invoked by xfig?  Try
> putting an "echo 'gs...'" in
> the beginning of your script and see if it shows up
> in the output.
> 	Igor
> 
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Nev Bis wrote:
> 
> > Thank you very much for your help and prompt
> response.
> >
> > Now gs responds correctly to this command from
> > cygwin's command prompt:
> >
> > gs /c/somefile.ps
> >
> > But the problem is that xfig specifies the output
> file
> > to be /tmp/somefile.pix.
> > gs tries to look for a \tmp directory and does not
> > realize that this is /c/cygwin/tmp, so I get the
> > following error
> >
> > AFPL Ghostscript 8.11: **** Could not open the
> file \tmp\somefile.pcx
> > Error: /invalidfileaccess in --.outputpage--
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nevine
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
> > To: "Nev Bis" <nevinebishay AT yahoo DOT com>
> > Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 12:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: ghostscript on Windows and cygwin
> path
> > style
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Nev Bis wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have cygwin version 1.32 running on Windows
> XP Pro.
> > >                         ^^^^
> > > FYI, there is no such version.  Your
> cygcheck.out shows version 1.3.22.
> > > The latest is 1.5.5.  I'd recommend upgrading.
> > >
> > > > I have ghostscript 8.11 installed in
> > > > C:\gs\gs8.11\bin. Under this same directory, I
> have a
> > > > file called "gs", containing this line:
> > > >
> > > > gswin32c $*
> > > >
> > > > I also have XFree86 installed and xfig 3.2.4
> > > >
> > > > Xfig has a problem invoking gs to convert a
> eps file into pcx. The
> > > > problem appears to be that gs does not
> recognize the path style. In
> > > > fact when I invoke gs from the bash shell with
> a file under the
> > > > working directory, it works fine. But when I
> call it this way
> > > >
> > > > gs /c/directory/somefile.ps
> > > >
> > > > I get this error from ghostscript
> > > >
> > > > /undefinedfilename in (
> /c/directory/somefile.ps)
> > > >
> > > > What should I do?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Nevine
> > >
> > > Try changing your "gs" file to
> > >
> > > #!/bin/sh
> > > PARAMS=""
> > > for i in "$@"; do
> > >   PARAMS="$PARAMS '`cygpath -w -- "$i"`'"
> > > done
> > > eval "set -- $PARAMS"
> > > gswin32c "$@"
> > >
> > > and see if it helps.
> > > Igor
> 
> -- 
> 				http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/
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> ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_		igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com
>      |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'		Igor Pechtchanski,
> Ph.D.
>     '---''(_/--'  `-'\_) fL	a.k.a
> JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-.  Meow!
> 
> "I have since come to realize that being between
> your mentor and his route
> to the bathroom is a major career booster."  --
> Patrick Naughton


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