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Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:10:00 -0000
From: Bob Rossi <bob_rossi@cox.net>
To: Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>
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Subject: Re: Why gdb 6.5 prints fullname in /cygdrive/... format om Windows?
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On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 10:17:13AM +0100, Andrew STUBBS wrote:
> Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> >A non-Cygwin application can convert the Cygwin paths to Windows paths
> >(by dynamic loading of Cygwin if it's present).
> 
> Interesting idea. How's it done?
> 
> I'm not suggesting GDB do such a thing, but it sounds like a useful 
> trick for my own purposes.

Of course, don't count on this working. The GDB could easily be built on
Cygwin, and the cygwin1.dll delivered. In this case there will be no
cygpath, and your front end won't work.

Bob Rossi