Is bash a cygwin app or a central part of the cygwin DLL? Guess bash must be part of cygwin. I always thought it was an app. Silly me.
-linda > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Pechtchanski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat, Mar 29, 2003 5:22p > To: linda w (cyg) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: bash bug report? Minor border case: > > > Linda, > > According to <http://cygwin.com/lists.html#available-lists>, this is > off-topic for the <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com> list. Please remove > <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com> from further replies. > Igor > > On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, linda w (cyg) wrote: > > > Valid filename created by app: > > \Documents and Settings\law\My > > > Documents\win\registry2\regtweaks\Kellys_XP_Tweaks\download.co > m.com\clear\redx\c.gif-ts=-104976066&edId=3&prtnr=CNET+Networks,+Inc.& > > > oid=3000-2094-10126096&ptId=3000&onId=2094&sId=4&asId=10126096 > &pId=10126096&asType=Product > > > > exactly 255 characters long. > > > > Unfortunately, there is a bit of a 'normalization problem'. > > > > If one does a 'updatedb', it complains that "C:\\Documents > and Settings\law\My > > > Documents\win\registry2\regtweaks\Kellys_XP_Tweaks\download.co > m.com\clear\redx\c.gif-ts=-104976066&edId=3&prtnr=CNET+Networks,+Inc.& > > > oid=3000-2094-10126096&ptId=3000&onId=2094&sId=4&asId=10126096 > &pId=10126096&asType=Product" > > > > is too long a filename ([EMAIL PROTECTED] characters, it is), however if > > it were normalized to either cygwin (using native normalization > > semantics) to either the above w/o "C:\" or just "/c/Doc..." then > > it should work. > > > > Similar bug is in 'cmd.exe' (XP), [EMAIL PROTECTED] in "bash", you can > > put double quotes around the string and it will work with 'ls'. > > > > Not sure of the best way to address it, but believe it or not I > > have 3 files with such weird names. > > -linda > > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > Oh, boy, virtual memory! Now I'm gonna make myself a really > *big* RAMdisk! > -- /usr/games/fortune > > -- 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/