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Re: How create variables to hold directory names on Windows bash?
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 10:39:10AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, neal olander wrote:
> >
> > > I'm working on a PC running Windows XP. Using win-bash, but not CygWin. I'm a
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> > > PS: I"ve tried asking this question on the bash forum, but that is sort of
> > > dormant and go no replies. I understand this is a Cygwin mailing list, so I
> > > started with the "talk" mailing list, figuring I wouldnt bother people too
> > > much.
> >
> > Well, this is a list for off-topic blabber about anything tangentially
> > related to Cygwin. Your question was on-topic, and thus prime material
> > for the main Cygwin list. Given that you posted here anyway, here's some
> > obligatory off-topic content:
> >
> > When will people learn to *read the documentation*?
>
> Right about when people learn to *read the question*! This is indeed
> not a cygwin question, hence off-topic on the main list, and on-topic
> here. (The tangential relationship to cygwin may be that the OP is
> offering us an opportunity to convince him to switch to cygwin :)
Oh... D'oh...
Igor
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