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: $ 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? $ uname -svr CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.7.0(0.306/5/3) 2017-02-12 13:18 $ cygpath --version cygpath (cygwin) 2.7.0 Path Conversion Utility Copyright (C) 1998 - 2017 Cygwin Authors This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. $ --Ken Nellis -- 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
