RE: Bad file descriptor

["Ebrey, Carl" <Carl dot Ebrey at uk dot experian dot com>]

Hi all,

I couldn't find anything directly in the FAQ about this (although I only
scanned it before replying) so please forgive me if I've missed something.
Also if anyone sees any errors in this reply feel free to beat me around the
head with the flat of a spade ;)

Ignasi,

The answer lies in the "/" and "\".  Cygwin uses *nix file paths rather than
Windows and the "\" character denotes an "escaped character".  Therefore, in
your example below Cygwin, or rather the Bash shell, will expand that path
as /cygdrive/d/mcviaodebug.ini.  What you want instead is
/cygdrive/d/mc/viao/debug.ini

There's more information on the filesystem in the Cygwin FAQ (linked off
www.cygwin.com) and  typing "man bash" (without the quotes) should tell you
everything you ever wanted to know about the bash shell.  Also,
www.google.com Is Your Friend (TM).

HTH,

Carl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ignasi Villagrasa [mailto:gri@netcom.es]
> Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:43 PM
> To: Cygwin
> Subject: Bad file descriptor
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I got an errno=9 trying to run a program I migrate from Watcom C++ to 
> Cygwin.
> 
> errno.h documents error number 9 as a Bad file descriptor error.
> 
> I've never met an number 9 error, and don't know what's causing it.
> 
> The function I try to run is  fp = fopen(name, "rt").
> 
> with /cygdrive/d/mc\viao\debug.ini  as the name. The file 
> obviously exists.
> 
> /cygdrive/d comes from a call to getcwd(NULL, 0).
> 
> If I run mount in the development computer, I get
> 
> C:\cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode)
> c:\cygwin\bin on /bin type user (textmode)
> c:\cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode)
> C:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> s:\client on /client type user (textmode)
> s:\comun on /comun type user (textmode)
> c: on /cygdrive/c type user (binmode,noumount)
> d: on /cygdrive/d type user (binmode,noumount)
> e: on /cygdrive/e type user (binmode,noumount)
> r: on /cygdrive/r type user (binmode,noumount)
> s: on /cygdrive/s type user (binmode,noumount)
> t: on /cygdrive/t type user (binmode,noumount)
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance, Ignasi Villagrasa.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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