On 2020-08-25 18:36, Eliot Moss wrote:
> Dear Luc
> You should be aware that while Cygwin can invoke Java, the Windows Java still
> expects _Windows-style_ arguments, including Windows paths, etc.
> > For example, not a/b/c:d/e but 'a\b\c;d\e" for a path.
>
> Just because you're using Cygwin, the installed Java is not "magically"
> transported to the Linux world!
>
> You may also run into issues around line endings (CR/LF vs LF only, and so
> forth).
Many Windows APIs and programs accept either path separator and in such cases
there are seldom issues as long as the paths are not too long e.g. try:
$ /proc/cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/icacls path/with/slash/delimiters
and many programs, including editors and terminals, do a good job of adapting to
line endings, including mintty and less.
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