From: papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) Subject: Re: Absolute file-path under bash (cygwin32) 17 Apr 1997 15:00:40 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <3356597A.BC767D7.cygnus.gnu-win32@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b3 [en] (Win95; I) Original-To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com John D. Robertson wrote: > > This is a perplexing problem because: > 1) Pathname manipulating shell scripts will break if DOS conventions are > used. > 2) Most of us hate DOS conventions. > 3) DOS & Windows programs will not run without DOS conventions. The above are all true. > 4) Bash cannot know which way to translate for all cases. Why not? If executables are marked (with ld) and pathnames are marked (with $// or something), what's the problem? > The optimal solution is to provide a Windows95/NT runtime environment under > Linux, or Free BSD, etc. That doesn't really help us figure out what to do with gnu-win32 tools. Even if such a thing were available, not everyone can choose their operating system. Paul Prescod - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".