Hi Igor >> Also, instead of using 'chcp', try adding a "codepage:oem" or >> "codepage:ansi" option to your CYGWIN environment variable...
It looks like codepage:ansi does the trick. D:\>set CYGWIN=codepage:ansi D:\>bash [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 07:16 PM [501]> echo $CYGWIN codepage:ansi [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 07:16 PM [502]> cygpath -P -A /c/Dokumente und Einstellungen/All Users/Startmenü/Programme [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 07:16 PM [503]> ls -d --show-control-chars "`cygpath -P -A`" /c/Dokumente und Einstellungen/All Users/Startmenü/Programme/ Ciao Volker