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Re: MS-DOS path warning with maven
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 11:21:21AM +0200, David Bala??ic wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I have cygwin 1.7.5 (up to date as of now) on Windows XP Pro SP3 and
>maven v 2.2.1.
>
>When I start mvn from a shell (I use mintty running bash): i get a warning:
>
>
>cygwin warning:
> MS-DOS style path detected: F:\winsux\prg\apache-maven-2.2.1/boot/
> Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/f/winsux/prg/apache-maven-2.2.1/boot/
> CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
> Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
>
>
>I found it strange, since maven is cygwin aware and should use cygwin paths.
>
>Is this some bug?
If you're asking if Cygwin is mysteriously deciding to report
on a path like " F:\winsux\prg\apache-maven-2.2.1/boot/" then
the answer is "No". This is not a Cygwin bug. It has been passed
that path and is reporting on it.
cgf
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