On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 05:49:31PM -0700, Autotoonz wrote: >Executing scripts with DOS style pathnames causes the following error: >MS-DOS style path detected >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 > >Annoyingly, setting a local environment variable *doesn't* turn off >this warning, and possibly as a form of punishment to DOS users there >is no further information in the Help and FAQ.
It's best to eschew the annoyance and conspiracy theories if you don't completely understand what's going on and actually want help. >Here is the command line I'm running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash --login >C:\test\test.sh Something like this works fine: c:\>bash bash$ export CYGWIN=nodosfilewarning bash$ cat "c:\autoexec.bat" and so does: c:\>set CYGWIN=nodosfilewarning c:\>C:\cygwin\bin\bash --login C:\test\test.sh You may need to create a .bat file if you want to just do the latter. cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple