X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: jenXL62swBAWhMTL3wnej93oaS0ClBQOAKs8jbEbx_o- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:18:45 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: windows paths in shebang lines Message-ID: <20110124151845.GA12471@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4D3CA1DA DOT 1000302 AT cpan DOT org> <4D3CB2ED DOT 5000801 AT bopp DOT net> <4D3CF157 DOT 9050705 AT cpan DOT org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D3CF157.9050705@cpan.org> 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 Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:26:15PM -0500, Rafael Kitover wrote: >msys seems to do something special for this to work correctly, it also >seems to translate its paths to windows paths when running windows >executables automatically, a very nice feature. Command line munging is a nice feature if you're bastardizing the Cygwin DLL to sorta work with Windows apps which may or may not take a Windows PATH. It's an absolutely terrible feature if you are striving for compatibility with Linux/POSIX. 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