On 3/1/2017 8:12 AM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, cyg Simple!
>
>> On 2/25/2017 8:13 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>>> Greetings, cyg Simple!
>>>
Also a : isn't a valid character for a name in Windows. Cygwin uses
some magic to represent it in UNICODE format though.
>>>
>>> It isn't a v
Greetings, cyg Simple!
> On 2/25/2017 8:13 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, cyg Simple!
>>
>>> Also a : isn't a valid character for a name in Windows. Cygwin uses
>>> some magic to represent it in UNICODE format though.
>>
>> It isn't a valid file "name" character, yes, but it is still a m
On 2/27/2017 9:03 AM, Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent) wrote:
> From: cyg Simple
>> On 2/21/2017 1:22 PM, Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent) wrote:
>>> I suppose one could argue that, by using -w, that cygpath might assume that
>>> it
>>> is converting *from* a POSIX path, and therefore the colon would not
>>
On 2/25/2017 8:13 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, cyg Simple!
>
>> Also a : isn't a valid character for a name in Windows. Cygwin uses
>> some magic to represent it in UNICODE format though.
>
> It isn't a valid file "name" character, yes, but it is still a meaningful
> character in pathnam
From: cyg Simple
> On 2/21/2017 1:22 PM, Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent) wrote:
> > I suppose one could argue that, by using -w, that cygpath might assume that
> > it
> > is converting *from* a POSIX path, and therefore the colon would not
> > indicate
> > a drive letter--wouldn't that make sense?--b
Greetings, cyg Simple!
> Also a : isn't a valid character for a name in Windows. Cygwin uses
> some magic to represent it in UNICODE format though.
It isn't a valid file "name" character, yes, but it is still a meaningful
character in pathname under windows.
Just the meaning of it is far from re
On 2/21/2017 1:22 PM, Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent) wrote:
> From: Andrey Repin
>>> But, consider the following:
>>
>>> $ cygpath -w a:b | od -An -tx1c
>>> 41 3a 62 0a
>>>A : b \n
>>> $
>>
>>> Instead of the special character colon (:), shouldn't cygpath be showing
>>> something in the
From: Andrey Repin
> > But, consider the following:
>
> > $ cygpath -w a:b | od -An -tx1c
> > 41 3a 62 0a
> >A : b \n
> > $
>
> > Instead of the special character colon (:), shouldn't cygpath be showing
> > something in the Unicode Private Use area?
>
> No, it shouldn't.
> You've
Greetings, Nellis, Kenneth (Conduent)!
> I followed and understood the discussion to all the recent cygpath postings,
> so I understand and expect the following:
> $ cygpath -w 'a*b' | od -An -tx1c
> 61 ef 80 aa 62 0a
>a 357 200 252 b \n
> $
> But, consider the following:
> $ cyg
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