On 10/12/2010 8:11 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > 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 >
You can also permanently set this environment variable from Windows itself so that all instantiations of cygwin environments - regardless of shell will see it. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tun...@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ -- 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
