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Re: Making Unix like paths work when using java program from Cygwin


On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:56 AM, himoundary wrote:
>
> I am working in a team where everyone else has a Linux/Mac OS X workstation,
> but I have a windows workstation. Our project uses a shell script and a java
> program to automate some deployment/setup etc, which needs to create some
> directories of the sort /ABC/XYZ.
> Obviously such paths are not valid in Windows.
>

You spread falsities about Windows.  Try the following in cmd.exe and
you will be in a shock for your life.

mkdir /ABC/XYZ

> I was hoping if I executed these scripts from within a Cygwin terminal, the
> problem might be solved (with /ABC/XYZ mapping to C:\cygwin\ABC\XYZ
>
> While the issue gets solved for the shell scripts, it does not for the java
> program. I realize this happens because the Cygwin executes the very same
> java.exe program which is installed on Windows (even though I selected
> 'java' related packages for installation while installing Cygwin). Is there
> a way to get the equivalent of the "native" javac and java programs one
> would find on a typical Linux workstation.
>

You probably want to use the capabilities of cygpath for this and
modify your script.

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