X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B97B6D0.60207@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:12:16 -0700 From: Eric Blake User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100301 Fedora/3.0.3-1.fc12 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: allow executing a path in backslash notation References: <720660 DOT 16774 DOT qm AT web88302 DOT mail DOT re4 DOT yahoo DOT com> <20100310092536 DOT GS6505 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <4B9775C2 DOT 8000300 AT towo DOT net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigF478F08AA2B3E8DC019C6925" X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com --------------enigF478F08AA2B3E8DC019C6925 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 03/10/2010 03:59 AM, Ilya Beylin wrote: > Thomas, you are right, it is rather an issue with bash: > when does not see a slash in the command name, it starts path > searching, and of course finds nothing. > Looks like a bug. Not a bug. If you propose a patch to bash, then I will review and possibly even incorporate it, but I could care less about this, and will not spend the effort writing such a patch myself. Use slashes. --=20 Eric Blake eblake AT redhat DOT com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org volunteer cygwin bash maintainer --------------enigF478F08AA2B3E8DC019C6925 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuXttMACgkQ84KuGfSFAYBhcACeJmWsHWvBLrDCkNuslcGRrY/Y dcEAoNRBi50Dpfo5FNsyg7DcxJOx/7ck =mGr8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF478F08AA2B3E8DC019C6925--