X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:21:49 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: chmod fails for MS-DOS style path in cygwin 1.7.2-2 Message-ID: <20100401142149.GA30847@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <659733 DOT 98534 DOT qm AT web94508 DOT mail DOT in2 DOT yahoo DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <659733.98534.qm@web94508.mail.in2.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 02:09:29PM +0530, prakash babu wrote: >I am using cygwin 1.7.2-2 and chmod fails for MS-DOS style path with the following error message. > >eg: chmod 755 C:\\FileName > >cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path detected: C:\FileName >Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/FileName >CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning. >Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths: >http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames > >This used to work in cygwin 1.5 . > >Is there any workaround available for this currently ? > >Is this a bug in 1.7 which will be fixed in the upcoming versions ? How could a specific error message, which tells you how to turn it off, be construed as a bug? cgf -- 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