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Greetings, I recently updated my Cygwin installation from version 1.5.11-1 to 1.5.17-1. As I did so, I also updated all of my packages, including updating Bash from version 2.05b-16 to version 2.05b-17. After updating, a Bash script that I use for backing up my computer using WinZip failed to operate. After some debugging, I concluded that the behavior of Bash when calling the WinZip command-line executable had changed. Specifically, the treatment of the backslash '\' when launching executables seems to have changed. Version 2.05b-17 seems to no longer accept '\' in the path name of an executable, even when protected or escaped. I can duplicate this behavior at the command prompt by attempting to launch the executable using any of the commands: $ d:\\winzip\\wzzip.exe $ 'd:\winzip\wzzip.exe' $ "d:\winzip\wzzip.exe" which in version 2.05b-17 now yield the error "bash: d:\winzip\wzzip.exe: command not found". However, in version 2.05b-16 these commands would cause Bash to launch the executable. Interestingly, I can use backslashes for other Bash commands, such as cd. For instance: $ cd d:\\winzip $ cd 'd:\winzip' $ cd "d:\winzip" all work OK. And of course, using forward slashes '/' instead of the backslashes works fine too. I have looked thru the FAQ, the release notes for Bash, and searched this mailing list. However, I cannot find any mention of this issue. I would appreciate it if someone could independently confirm that this is an actual issue, or provide an explanation if possible. I have attached the output of 'cygcheck -s -v -r' for my system. Please let me know if I need to provide more info. Thank you. ************************************************** * Victor Atkinson * Syracuse, NY, USA * atkinson@syrres.com **************************************************
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