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Subject:	Re: setting CYGWIN=nodosfilewarning not working.
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On 10 June 2010 12:55, prakash babu wrote:
> I have a web application which runs as SYSTEM user in windows.
> It executes the following command using Java Runtime.exec api's
> C:/cygwin/bin/sh.exe -c C:/cygwin/bin/mkdir.exe -p 'C:/cygwin/tmpdir'
>
> The command executes fine but I get the following warning.
>
> cygwin warning:
> =C2=A0MS-DOS style path detected: C:/cygwin
> =C2=A0Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /
> =C2=A0CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off thi=
s warning.
> =C2=A0Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
>
> To suppress this warning I set the environment variable CYGWIN=3Dnodosfil=
ewarning by MyComputer-->Advanced-->EnvironmentVariables, but still I am ge=
tting this warning.

Make sure you set it under "System variables" rather than "User
variables for ...".

Andy

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