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bug#24387: 25.1.50; w32-convert-standard-filenames no longer works
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#24387: 25.1.50; w32-convert-standard-filenames no longer works |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Sep 2016 20:13:05 +0300 |
> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 12:19:29 -0400
> Cc: Richard Copley <rcopley@gmail.com>, 24387@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 10:26 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> > Do you really need to mirror slashes in shell commands? Most Windows
> > applications understand forward slashes just fine. What problems do
> > you have with forward slashes in shell commands on MS-Windows?
>
> Not sure if this matters, but most cmd.exe internal commands recognize
> forward slashes as indicating options, and some get confused by
> forward slashes in file names:
I didn't mean cmd.exe when I said "most".
> C:\Users\npostavs>dir /b C:\temp
> deleteme
>
> C:\Users\npostavs>dir /b C:/temp
> Parameter format not correct - "emp".
>
> C:\Users\npostavs>del C:/temp/deleteme
> Invalid switch - "temp".
> C:\Users\npostavs>del c:\temp\deleteme
(Some of this will work if you quote the file names.)