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Subject: Re: [1.7.2] change in cygpath -w behaviour?
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On Feb 22 15:42, Andy Koppe wrote:
> It seems there's been a change in 'cygpath -w' behaviour. Is this intentional?
> 
> On 1.7.1 (with C:\ as Cygwin root):
> $ cygpath -w /tmp
> C:\tmp
> 
> On 1.7.2s(0.222/5/3) 20100219 12:56:31:
> $ cygpath -w /tmp
> \\?\C:\tmp
> 
> The latter breaks scripts that aren't sufficiently careful about
> backslash quoting, because "\\?\C:\tmp" loses a vital backslash during
> quote removal.

Thanks for the report.  Should be fixed in CVS.


Corinna

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