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Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 17:22:53 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: lqian AT uiuc DOT edu
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP, \ and /
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Leiming Qian wrote:
> 
> Hi, I am using Djgpp 2.0 in Windows 95, there is this problem that's
> troubling me: it seems that programs like gdb still uses the UNIX / to
> denote directory instead of using \ according to Windows convention, for
> example:
> 
> gdb H:\code\test.exe won't work, while
> 
> gdb H:/code/test.exe would.
> 
> The problem is I am using Codewright and UltraEdit (both are ``power''
> programming editors), they both provide one-click access, predefined menu
> command or button command to common tasks like compiling and debugging, but
> they all generate path information using \, thus gdb won't work correctly.
> 
> Are there any options in Djgpp which can force those programs to recognize \
> notation?

I think that's a bug in GDB.  As a workaround, you can write a simple
wrapper program which changes the slashes and calls `gdb', and use it
instead:

/* Untested */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   char *p;
   if (argv[1])
      for (p = argv[1]; *p; p++)
         if (*p == '\\') *p = '/';
   execlp("gdb", "gdb", argv[1], NULL);
   /* If we get here, something's wrong */
   perror("execlp");
   return 1;
}

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Nate Eldredge
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