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Setup Prop: Change percent to underscore
- From: "M. Evans" <datafeed at SoftHome dot net>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 16:09:33 -0700
- Subject: Setup Prop: Change percent to underscore
- Reply-to: "M. Evans" <datafeed at SoftHome dot net>
The percent (%) character in the setup.exe download file paths is a
problem for many Windows file managers. These include "Directory
Toolkit" and "2xExplorer."
The proposal is to change setup.exe to use underscores or some
similarly innocuous character instead of percent signs.
Regards.
Mark