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RE: dosfilewarning


From: Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> 
> On 6/21/2013 2:38 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> > I have a BAT file that calls a bash script that generates the
> > following (edited):
> >
> > cygwin warning:
> >    MS-DOS style path detected: XXX
> >    Preferred POSIX equivalent is: XXX
> >    CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
> >    Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
> >      http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
> >
> > If I rerun the script, I don't get the message a second time, which
> > makes debugging the problem a problem. How can I have this message
> > show up on every invocation? I tried closing all Cygwin processes
> > and tried setting CYGWIN=dosfilewarning, but it seemed to want
> > something more.
> 
> It's not designed to do that.  It will show up once per Cygwin DLL
> session only.  If you want to see something different, you'll need
> to patch the Cygwin source.

Thanx, but isn't the end of a "Cygwin DLL session" when all processes
that use the Cygwin DLL have terminated? 

--Ken Nellis

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