Re: [Mingw-msys] Problems with backslashes

[Earnie B. <ear...@ya...>]

Igor Gnip wrote:
> 
> I use latest MSYS-1.0.8 ...
> 
> $ start edit include/compatlayer.h
> 
> should open new ms-dos window, execute edit.com  (in my case
> c:\windows\system32\edit.com) and open include\compatlayer.h
> 
> in my case,  edit.com does not open file ...
> 
> $ start edit blah/blah.txt      blah.txt instead of blah\blah.txt
> (blah/ is ommited)
> 
> $ start edit blah//blah.txt  - same case     blah//  is omited
> 
> $start edit blah\blah.txt - opens  blahblah.txt  (nonexistent file) - \
> ommited
> 
> $start edit blah\\blah.txt - opens blah\blah.txt (correctly)
> 
> so:
> 
> / should be converted to \ when executing external applications.
> 
> am I wrong  ?
> 

No, but neither am I.  However, if you `cp /bin/start /mingw/bin' and
then execute your above command it will work as you desire.

Earnie.