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From: Charles Wilson <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Why did you guys break  EVERYTHING...
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 20:53:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CC0E611.7040101@ece.gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3CC0E064.3070309@ece.gatech.edu>



Charles Wilson wrote:


> Oh -- and one more tip:  In windows (cmd.exe/command.com, etc) the 
> following is a perfectly valid pathspec:
>   A:/fred/george
> I've gotten into the habit of always using forward slashes -- in both 
> command.com and in bash, so I don't have to worry about the 'oh yeah in 
> bash you need to double up the backslashes' problem.


Oops -- misinformation alert.  A:/fred/george works in windows GUI file 
dialogs; it DOESN'T work in cmd.exe.  (I use 'raw' cmd.exe so rarely 
anymore, I somehow conflated "windows GUI file dialogs" with cmd.exe. 
sorry)

--Chuck



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  reply	other threads:[~2002-04-20  3:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-19 20:02 Robert Collins
2002-04-19 20:30 ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-19 20:53   ` Charles Wilson [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-04-22 15:32 Robert Collins
2002-04-22 13:26 Heribert Dahms
2002-04-20 10:51 Joshua Daniel Franklin
2002-04-20 14:28 ` Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
2002-04-23  0:17   ` Daan Hoogland
2002-04-23  1:57     ` Corinna Vinschen
2002-04-23  2:43       ` Daan Hoogland
2002-04-23  3:33       ` Daan Hoogland
2002-04-19 19:35 Schwartz, Barry
2002-04-19 20:38 ` wayne
     [not found] <6440EA1A6AA1D5118C6900902745938E0514F1DE@black.eng.netapp. com>
2002-04-19 18:59 ` Roland Glenn McIntosh
2002-04-19 16:23 Robert Collins
2002-04-19 16:06 Schwartz, Barry
2002-04-19 17:00 ` Chris Ellsworth
2002-04-19 18:38 ` Elizabeth Barham
2002-04-19 20:36 ` Charles Wilson
2002-04-22  7:44   ` Scott Evans
2002-04-22  7:59     ` Christopher Faylor
2002-04-22  9:44       ` Michael A Chase
2002-04-22  9:53         ` Michael A Chase
2002-04-22 23:06     ` Gary R. Van Sickle

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