bash does not recognize valid windows path: `bash: 'c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe' /c echo 123: command not found`

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Andry!

> If try to replace it by:

> 'c:/windows\system32\cmd.exe' /c echo 123

> Then all works fine.
> I've checked it in the old 1.5.x version and seems this bug is there for ages.

Strictly speaking, Cygwin programs don't have to recognize Windows paths.
Although SOME of them do.

But this specific caveat is interesting.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 21:42:12

Sorry for my terrible english...


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