X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B7DA704.1080709@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:45:56 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: CreateProcess() - executed program gets different argument depending if it's compiled with gcc (cygwin) or cl (VS)? References: <98f79fac1002180955m1ddea014id0b27cc3b909a17a AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4B7D80B3 DOT 4000300 AT cygwin DOT com> <98f79fac1002181224g7987690dn6822d025d1a59405 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> In-reply-to: <98f79fac1002181224g7987690dn6822d025d1a59405@mail.gmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 02/18/2010 03:24 PM, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) > reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin period com wrote: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . Don't feed the spammers. Thanks. >> On 02/18/2010 12:55 PM, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote: >>> - if the executed program is compiled with cygwin's gcc the program >>> receives \127.0.0.127\foo.cxx (just one backslash at the begining). >>> - if it's compiled with cl it gets \\127.0.0.127\foo.cxx (double >>> backslash - what I expected) >> '\' is an escape character in C, Unix, and Linux. In Windows, it's a >> path separator. Use '/' instead when working with Cygwin and you'll >> avoid allot of problems. Better yet, use POSIX paths exclusively. > > "\\hostname" is remote path location, I don't think I can use > "//hostname" instead, either for cygwin program and especially not for > not-cygwin program, can I? (can't check it now) With Windows, you're free to use either path separator. With Cygwin, you're life will be easier if you use '/' though it will accept '\' too if properly escaped. Cygwin understands UNC path syntax using '/'. I would expect Windows to be cranky about '//' as a UNC path indicator though. If you need the source to compile, link, and run appropriately on either compiler, then you need to port it so it will, if that's what you're concerned about. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple