On 10 June 2010 12:55, prakash babu wrote: > I have a web application which runs as SYSTEM user in windows. > It executes the following command using Java Runtime.exec api's > C:/cygwin/bin/sh.exe -c C:/cygwin/bin/mkdir.exe -p 'C:/cygwin/tmpdir' > > The command executes fine but I get the following warning. > > cygwin warning: > MS-DOS style path detected: C:/cygwin > Preferred POSIX equivalent is: / > 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 > > To suppress this warning I set the environment variable > CYGWIN=nodosfilewarning by MyComputer-->Advanced-->EnvironmentVariables, but > still I am getting this warning.
Make sure you set it under "System variables" rather than "User variables for ...". Andy -- 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