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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:40:48 +0100
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Subject: Re: CreateProcess() - executed program gets different argument  	depending if it's compiled with gcc (cygwin) or cl (VS)?
From: Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr DOT krukowiecki DOT news AT gmail DOT com>
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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote:
>>> "\\hostname" is remote path location, I don't think I can use
>>> "//hostname" instead, either for cygwin program and especially not for
>>> not-cygwin program, can I? (can't check it now)
>>
>> With Windows, you're free to use either path separator. =A0With Cygwin,
>> you're life will be easier if you use '/' though it will accept '\' too =
if
>> properly escaped.
>
> ok, so it works for paths - but what about other arguments, that are

And even for paths the results might be different - i.e. the program
might interpret "//foo" differently than "\\foo" - e.g. as an option.

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Piotr Krukowiecki

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