On Feb 12 17:45, Bernhard Leiner wrote: > Hi, > > I experience a problem that has already been reported (and solved) > several months before: > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-07/msg00861.html > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-07/msg00878.html > > My output: > > $ cygpath -v > cygpath (cygwin) 1.42 > Compiled on Jan 31 2007 > > $ cygpath -w -l 12345678901234 > 123456789012 + non printable characters > > Can you confirm this bug or is my cygwin environment screwed up?
It's a bug which has been fixed already a couple months ago. Cygpath from the developer snapshots won't show this problem. Unfortunately I forgot to merge this patch into the latest 1.5.x releases. As a workaround, always check for existence before calling cygpath this way. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/