Re: cygdrive path

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Jan Buys wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Sorry if this is a dumb newbie question.  I am a dumb newbie to cygwin after
> all :-)
>
> I use the gcc compiler under cygwin to make some big builds.  gdb is used to
> debug.  However : I want to use a DDD-style visual front-end to gdb and my
> first choice was GNAT/GPS (looks DDD-like :) ).  The problem I experience
> however is that software like this has problems when it encounters '/cygdrive/'
> in the source file paths in the debug info of the executables I want to debug.
>
> Is there anyone who has a solution to this or can point me to an interesting
> read ?  AFAIK it would be a bit of a pain to start using a solution set diff
> than cygwin now...  let me make the best out of it :)
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jan

Two points:
1) DDD is available under Cygwin, and
2) If the software above is configurable enough, "man cygpath" should help.
	Igor
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