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Re: bash 2.04 can't complete ~/name if $HOME set to c:/users/foo?
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:53:11 -0400, Christopher Faylor <cgf@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> When a cygwin process is first started, it translates these variables from
> MS-DOS format to UNIX format for its internal use. In most cases, when cygwin
> execs a new process it converts these environment variables back into MS-DOS
> format so that the new process can see native MS-DOS paths.
You have missed the point, IGNORE the HOME variable it is not important.
What is important is the path/filename of the arguments.
See the following example below (no HOME there, I also omitted the -x):
EHUD-P-II-21:02:03-/etc-522# command.com /c echo /c/ehuds/tst.run /d/WIN95/SYSTEM32/DRIVERS/hidgame.sys
/c/ehuds/tst.run /d/WIN95/SYSTEM32/DRIVERS/hidgame.sys
EHUD-P-II-22:02:29-/etc-523# run-win.sh command.com /c echo /c/ehuds/tst.run /d/WIN95/SYSTEM32/DRIVERS/hidgame.sys
c:\ehuds\tst.run d:\WIN95\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\hidgame.sys
EHUD-P-II-22:08:00-/etc-526# command.com /c notepad /c/ehuds/tst.run
[error message box - Could not open /c/ehuds/tst]
EHUD-P-II-22:08:13-/etc-527# run-win.sh command.com /c notepad /c/ehuds/tst.run
[editing of existing file]
Ehud.
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