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Re: cygpath (reprised)
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: cyg Simple <cygsimple at gmail dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 16:12:04 +0300
- Subject: Re: cygpath (reprised)
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Greetings, cyg Simple!
> On 2/25/2017 8:13 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, cyg Simple!
>>
>>> Also a : isn't a valid character for a name in Windows. Cygwin uses
>>> some magic to represent it in UNICODE format though.
>>
>> It isn't a valid file "name" character, yes, but it is still a meaningful
>> character in pathname under windows.
>> Just the meaning of it is far from regular file name semantics.
>>
> Not when specifying ./a:b which was the example being discussed.
We were discussing "a:b", not "./a:b".
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 16:11:45
Sorry for my terrible english...
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