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Re: CreateProcess() - executed program gets different argument depending if it's compiled with gcc (cygwin) or cl (VS)?


On 02/18/2010 12:55 PM, Piotr Krukowiecki wrote:
Hello,

In short, I have a problem with passing "\\127.0.0.127\foo.cxx"
argument to a called program:

- if the executed program is compiled with cygwin's gcc the program
receives \127.0.0.127\foo.cxx (just one backslash at the begining).
- if it's compiled with cl it gets \\127.0.0.127\foo.cxx (double
backslash - what I expected)

I suspect cygwin incorrectly mangles backslashes in this case - or
maybe I'm quoting it incorrectly, or it is Windows fault?

'\' is an escape character in C, Unix, and Linux. In Windows, it's a path separator. Use '/' instead when working with Cygwin and you'll avoid allot of problems. Better yet, use POSIX paths exclusively.


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