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Re: windres doesn't accept DOS paths
- From: "Travis Howell" <kirben at optusnet dot com dot au>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 12:06:33 +1000
- Subject: Re: windres doesn't accept DOS paths
- References: <4.3.1.2.20011227110206.023a7378@pop.ma.ultranet.com>
I was just wondering, are there any plans to fix the problem of Cygwin's
windres failing to understand windows style paths which is mentioned below ?
Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> At 10:00 AM 12/27/2001, Matthew Brett wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think someone mentioned that if cygwin utilities do not accept DOS
>> paths then this should be considered a bug. Just to report then, if
>> you pass a DOS path to windres, it barfs:
>>
>> windres "c:\test.rc"
>>
>> gives
>>
>> gcc: c:test.rc: No such file or directory
>> gcc: Warning: `-x c-header' after last input file has no effect
>> gcc: No input files
>> windres: warning: preprocessor failed
>> windres: no resources
>
> There does appear to be some issue here. Even at the DOS prompt, the
> backslash needs to be escaped in order to work (in the example above).
> Other Cygwin utilities don't have this problem. It's worth noting
> that the POSIX path and the "c:/test.rc" alternative paths both work
> fine though with windres.
>
>
>
>
> Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com
> RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
> 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
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