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Re: cygpath behaviour when input is not a path


I wrote:
> How should cygcheck

cygpath, not cygcheck

/me smacks head

> behave when given a "PATH list" (e.g.,
> '/bin:/usr/bin'), *without* the -p option?
>
> For example:
> $ cygpath -a -p -C ANSI -w /bin:/usr/bin
> C:\cygwin\bin;C:\cygwin\bin
>
> = okay. What I expect from RTFMP.
>
> $ cygpath -a -C ANSI -w /bin:/usr/bin
> C:\cygwin\bin?\usr\bin
>
> Urk! I would have hoped it wouldn't try to convert this, or at the very
> least not the last part, but I don't know if it's a bug, "by design", or
> what.
>
> Basically what I am trying to work out is how trustworthy cygpath is
> when it receives input that isn't actually a path (for example when it
> receives output from a program, some of which might be paths and some of
> which might not be).

-- 
Gary
Non-kook (allegedly)

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