Recent versions of Cygwin (1.7.2 perhaps) have started clamping down on MS-DOS
Style path names. For instance, running ediff-buffers produces the warning:\
cygwin warning:
MS-DOS style path detected: c:/DOCUME~1/udr/LOCALS~1/Temp/ediff3032ltH
Preferred POSIX equivalent is:
/cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/udr/LOCALS~1/Temp/ediff3032ltH
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
I am wondering what is the right thing to do to correct this problem. One can
of course set nodosfilewarning and move on. But, I suppose there are good
reasons why Cygwin is discouraging them. So, what should NT Emacs users do?
Cheers,
Uday Reddy
