Hi Ralf, > 1) In my win2k, I set (a long) Java CLASSPATH > 2) under cygwin I want to convert it (in my .tcshrc) an it > fails. If I do it > on the command line, it looks like the following: > rhauser@PCGF590K:~> cygpath --unix "$CLASSPATH" > ô??a? [...] > > My questions: > 1) is there a way to see an error-message from cygpath (a log > file or some > way to see stderr if there is any of that)?
first of all: Even if cygpath would not indicate some buffer overflow, you cannot use cygpath to convert Java class paths, unfortunately. If cygpath has to convert a path it uses an internal function of the Cygwin DLL that expects *real* paths and a Java class path typically have some jar files in it. I am not sure, whether this shoulkd be really fixed in the Cygwin DLL, since the called function uses internal path caching (at least what I saw from a *very* quick look) and the cache might not get filled with non-directory elements. This would require to implement the necessary functionality in cygpath. I already have it on my list, since I will change to Java development at some time, but the task is currently not scheduled. Anyone else may implenet it before *I* need it <g>. OTOH, you might not convert yout path to --unix anyway, since I doubt that you have a JVM or Java compiler (except gjc) that understands cygwin paths. > 2) I did a work-around with assembling the path again in my > .tcshrc. This is > not convenient. Any better ideas...? You could write a shell function that is generally able to do it. Regards, Jörg -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
