Cygwin GNU App driving Clearcase NT

[John Morrison]

> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have just begun to use cygwin on Windows NT4, with the aim of using GNU
> Toolchain apps.
> I'm having a problem with GNU PATCH (2.5.4) compiled under cygwin,
> interacting with Clearcase NT (4.2)
> 
> PATCH correctly senses a file to be patched is under Clearcase 
> control, and
> generates the correct Cleartool checkout command line syntax accordingly
> (cleartool co -unr -nc <filename> ), but this operation always seems to
> fail.
> 
> Assuming originally PATCH was at fault, I built for Win32, and 
> the Cleartool
> checkout command worked successfully.
> 
> My current thinking is my problem is about a UNIX app driving the DOS
> Command line, and Cygwin needs to be configured somehow? Can 
> someone suggest
> anything I can try?

Does it work when <filename> has no path information?  If so, try
using cygdrive -w -p <filename>

J.

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