Re: 1.7.1: unable to run the a bash script resides in chinese path using: c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login script.

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 02/18/2010 11:40 PM, Hongyi Zhao wrote:

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> When I double click on this dos batch, I'll meet the following errors:
>
> --------------------------
> cygwin warning:
>    MS-DOS style path detected:
> "F:\zhaohs\Desktop\éççéåå\myscript"
>    Preferred POSIX equivalent is:
> "F:/zhaohs/Desktop/éççéåå/myscript"
>    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
> /usr/bin/bash: "F:\zhaohs\Desktop\æææç\myscript": No such file or
> directory
> --------------------------

Don't use DOS paths.

> Furthmore, if I open the cygwin terminal and manually switched into
> that directory to run the myscript directly, it will no problem.

Right.  Because there you have a POSIX path.  Well and you also
have a simple path. ;-)

> What should I do to solve this problem?

If you must run from a batch file, convert the path to POSIX using
'cygpath' before bash sees it.

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