Greetings, cyg Simple! > Also a : isn't a valid character for a name in Windows. Cygwin uses > some magic to represent it in UNICODE format though. It isn't a valid file "name" character, yes, but it is still a meaningful character in pathname under windows. Just the meaning of it is far from regular file name semantics. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Sunday, February 26, 2017 04:12:43 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple