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Re: bash -c '$COMSPEC' # worked sometime b4 cygwin 1.5.24-2
On Thu 8/28/08 22:38 +0200 Reini Urban wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) schrieb:
> > There hasn't been any effort to support Windows paths in Cygwin for a long
> > time. That doesn't mean it wouldn't have worked sometime in the past.
it worked in cygwin 1.5.19-4
> > It's just that doing so is not a goal of this project. Use the POSIX form of
> > the path and will work nicely for you - /cygdrive/d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe. If
> > you need to use COMSPEC, run it through 'cygpath' to convert it to a POSIX
> > path.
>
> $ cygstart $COMSPEC
> is an easy alternative.
Thanks, 'cygstart "$COMSPEC"' - I see, that starts a new console session
--
Will this syntax remain supported?:
cd "$WINDIR"
Or should I cure my habit of pasting quote protected windows
paths into (interactive bash ) 'cd' commands?
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thanks,
Tom
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