Re: [Mingw-users] MSys native, Windows with slashes, Windows native path notation

[Axel H. <aho...@gm...>]

Hi Earnie,

Earnie wrote:
> Axel Holzinger wrote:
> >> If the problem is options that are preceded by a slash: 
> >> double it, as in this example from MSYS's 'README.rtf':
> >>   write //p /mydocs/msys-rocks
> > 
> > It's the other way round: a path is understood as a set of
options 
> > because forward slashes are treated as characters preceding
options.
> > 
> >> If that doesn't help, give an actual example of a command that
> > fails.
> > 
> > dmc /c/src/sampleprog/main.c
> > 
> > which gets translated to
> > 
> > c:/src/sampleprog/main.c
> > 
> > Now dmc "thinks" c: is the filename and src is the first option.
> > 
> 
> You choices are clear; open a bug report with DMC and wait on 
> them to provide a resolution or in your use of MSYS with DMC 
> use a combination of c:\\src\\sampleprog\\main.c or you might 
> need c:\\\\src\\\\sampleprog\\\\main.c because of the number 
> of spawns.

thank you.

Seems that DMC is a bit hard to use under MinGW/MSys. I'll try the
gazillion backslash solution and ask on the DMC forum.

Or perhaps ICL is an option.

Thank you
Axel