X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4BA82D70.5080503@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:54:40 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: error invoking commands preceded by '\' from bash shell References: <27994510 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> In-reply-to: <27994510.post@talk.nabble.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit 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 On 3/22/2010 7:56 PM, csw wrote: > > When running bash under cygwin on Vista 64bit, I get different behavior if I > precede a command with a '\'. > > For example, this works fine ($ is the bash prompt), > > $ 'C:\cygwin\bin/gcc.exe' -help > Usage: gcc [options] file... > Options:... > > However, this fails. > > $ 'C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe' --help > bash: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe: command not found > > > The particular command does not seem to matter. I used gcc here because it > was the command I discovered this problem with. > > Does anyone know why it makes a difference if the last character before the > command is a '/' or a '\'? It doesn't matter where you put the '\'. POSIX paths are strongly preferred. And '/' is preferred to '\' as a path separator. If you want to avoid difficulties, use this information as guidelines. Otherwise, it may work or it may not. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple