From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 65650 invoked by alias); 14 Jan 2017 20:50:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 65519 invoked by uid 89); 14 Jan 2017 20:50:16 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=someplace, maven, brokes, Brokes X-HELO: forward1o.cmail.yandex.net Received: from forward1o.cmail.yandex.net (HELO forward1o.cmail.yandex.net) (37.9.109.84) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sat, 14 Jan 2017 20:50:06 +0000 Received: from smtp2m.mail.yandex.net (smtp2m.mail.yandex.net [77.88.61.129]) by forward1o.cmail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 509F720F98; Sat, 14 Jan 2017 23:50:01 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp2m.mail.yandex.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2m.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id A678523009DD; Sat, 14 Jan 2017 23:50:00 +0300 (MSK) Received: by smtp2m.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id sk3LAEn6b0-o0Ui3voi; Sat, 14 Jan 2017 23:50:00 +0300 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) Authentication-Results: smtp2m.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru X-Yandex-Suid-Status: 1 0,1 0 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Sat, 14 Jan 2017 20:36:02 -0000 Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 20:50:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <1410296026.20170114233601@yandex.ru> To: Chris Brokes , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Windows Path issue with maven/java on cygwin ("/C:/cygwin64/git...") In-Reply-To: <29451285-fb2f-cc16-362a-0276082e8b4d@gmail.com> References: <29451285-fb2f-cc16-362a-0276082e8b4d@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2017-01/txt/msg00170.txt.bz2 Greetings, Chris Brokes! > I can confirm that the files listed exist. > If you type the path as any of the following: > /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/git/ > C:/cygwin64/git/ > /git/ > The issue apparently is the leading "/" No, the issue is that you're trying to mix native and Cygwin tools with not much of an understanding. > So...my question goes like this: > a) is there something in my configuration which is causing this? (i.e. > should I have the linux version of java installed under cygwin or am I > missing a setting someplace?) Mating Cynwin and Windows tools is possible, but tricky and requires clear understanding of implications. > b) is there a fix/hack I can apply to cause the leading / to be a non > issue? (i.e. a ln configured a specific way or an alias? I've attempted > both but neither seem to have fixed the issue...possibly because I > didn't setup the correction properly?) You should probably look into native git port. Or host a VM with native Linux environment for your compilation needs. > c) has anyone seen anything like this? due to the special characters > involved, searching was relatively useless (just about every search > found me C/C++/gcc related results...) These two links should be a good read: > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Saturday, January 14, 2017 23:32:44 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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