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FAQ question regarding tcl/tk and paths
- From: Shaddy Baddah <helium at shaddybaddah dot name>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:58:09 +1000
- Subject: FAQ question regarding tcl/tk and paths
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com, Shaddy Baddah <helium at shaddybaddah dot name>
Hi,
So, from the Cygwin FAQ:
<snip>
*4.45.* Why doesn't Cygwin tcl/tk understand Cygwin paths?
The versions of Tcl/Tk distributed with Cygwin (e.g. cygtclsh80.exe,
cygwish80.exe) are not actually "Cygwin versions" of those tools. They
are built with the |-mno-cygwin| option to |gcc|, which means they do
not understand Cygwin mounts or symbolic links.
See the entry "How do I convert between Windows and UNIX paths?"
elsewhere in this FAQ.
</snip>
Fine, I appreciate that. But the question I have is why? My searches
through the mailing list archives have been fruitless.
Thanks in advance,
Shaddy
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