dosfilewarning

Fri Jun 21 22:10:00 GMT 2013

On 6/21/2013 3:47 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
> From: Larry Hall (Cygwin)
>>>> On 6/21/2013 2:38 PM, Nellis, Kenneth wrote:
>>> I have a BAT file that calls a bash script that generates the
>>> following (edited):
>>>>>> cygwin warning:
>>> MS-DOS style path detected: XXX
>>> Preferred POSIX equivalent is: XXX
>>> CYGWIN environment variable option "nodosfilewarning" turns off this warning.
>>> Consult the user's guide for more details about POSIX paths:
>>> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#using-pathnames
>>>>>> If I rerun the script, I don't get the message a second time, which
>>> makes debugging the problem a problem. How can I have this message
>>> show up on every invocation? I tried closing all Cygwin processes
>>> and tried setting CYGWIN=dosfilewarning, but it seemed to want
>>> something more.
>>>> It's not designed to do that. It will show up once per Cygwin DLL
>> session only. If you want to see something different, you'll need
>> to patch the Cygwin source.
>> Thanx, but isn't the end of a "Cygwin DLL session" when all processes
> that use the Cygwin DLL have terminated?

Yes, that's correct. If you're not getting the message, you still have a
process somewhere keeping the DLL in memory.
-- 
Larry
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A: Yes.
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 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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