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Re: 1.3.2/Win2K: ar confused by drive letters


On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:50:22AM -0400, David Abrahams wrote:
>Thanks for the info.
>
>Just for the record, are the cygwin tools supposed to support standard
>windows paths, or have I just been "lucky" so far?

The cygwin tools are ports of UNIX tools.  The vast majority of the tools
have not been modified to support MS-DOS paths.  So, whether they work
or not is a matter of chance.

cgf

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