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Re: [1.7.2] change in cygpath -w behaviour?
On Feb 22 15:42, Andy Koppe wrote:
> It seems there's been a change in 'cygpath -w' behaviour. Is this intentional?
>
> On 1.7.1 (with C:\ as Cygwin root):
> $ cygpath -w /tmp
> C:\tmp
>
> On 1.7.2s(0.222/5/3) 20100219 12:56:31:
> $ cygpath -w /tmp
> \\?\C:\tmp
>
> The latter breaks scripts that aren't sufficiently careful about
> backslash quoting, because "\\?\C:\tmp" loses a vital backslash during
> quote removal.
Thanks for the report. Should be fixed in CVS.
Corinna
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