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RE: new user to cygwin
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:39:26 -0000
- Subject: RE: new user to cygwin
- References: <13783411.post@talk.nabble.com>
On 15 November 2007 22:33, dmilli wrote:
> I've been typing the following:
>
> FindDataRights.dat c:/filename I want the script to look through
>
> We see the following happening on the screen:
> Scanning for Classified content
> Scanning for licensed content
> Scanning for unique copyrights
> Scanning for GPR markings
>
> Shouldn't we also see a list of what was found?
Maybe your script doesn't like windows-style filenames. Cygwin provides
posix-style paths using the /cygdrive/<driveletter> prefix. Try
FindDataRights.dat /cygdrive/c/filename
Read
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/highlights.html#ov-hi-files
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#cygpath
to get started. (Then read the rest of the user guide!)
cheers,
DaveK
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