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New entries: How do I convert between Windows and UNIX paths? Why are compiled executables so huge?!?
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@ -145,6 +145,22 @@ additional Cygwin applications that are not part of the core net
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release. (That is, anything not found in an ftp mirror of @code{latest}
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and installed by @code{setup.exe}.)
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@subsection How do I convert between Windows and UNIX paths?
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Use the 'cygpath' utility. Type '@code{cygpath}' with no arguments to
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get usage information. For example (on my installation):
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@example
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bash$ cygpath --windows ~/.bashrc
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D:\starksb\.bashrc
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bash$ cygpath --unix C:/cygwin/bin/cygwin.bat
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/usr/bin/cygwin.bat
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bash$ cygpath --unix C:\\cygwin\\bin\\cygwin.bat
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/usr/bin/cygwin.bat
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@end example
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Note that bash interprets the backslash '\' as an escape character, so
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you must type it twice in the bash shell if you want it to be recognised
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as such.
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@subsection How do I set /etc up?
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@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest
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@ -180,13 +196,10 @@ used by Cygwin tools.
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In particular, bash interprets space as a word separator. You would have
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to quote a filename containing spaces, or escape the space character.
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For example:
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@example
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bash-2.03$ cd '/cygdrive/c/Program Files'
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@end example
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or
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@example
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bash-2.03$ cd /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files
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@end example
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backward-slashes ('\'). (But see the warning below!) This maps in the
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obvious way to the Windows path, but will be converted internally to use
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the Cygwin path, following mounts (default or explicit). For example:
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@example
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bash-2.03$ cd C:/Windows
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bash-2.03$ pwd
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/cygdrive/c/Windows
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@end example
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and
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@example
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bash-2.03$ cd C:/cygwin
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bash-2.03$ pwd
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/
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@end example
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for a default setup. (You could also use backward-slashes in the
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Windows path, but these would have to be escaped from the shell.)
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You can avoid the ambiguity of Windows paths, and avoid typing
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"/cygdrive", by explicitly mounting drives to posix paths. For example:
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@example
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bash$ mkdir /c
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bash$ mount c:/ /c
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bash$ ls /c
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@end example
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Note that you only need to mount drives once. The mapping is kept
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in the registry so mounts stay valid pretty much indefinitely.
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You can only get rid of them with umount (or the registry editor).
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bash$ cd /usr/info
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bash$ for f in *.info ; do install-info $f dir ; done
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@end example
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This may generate warnings:
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@example
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install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `gzip.info'
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@section Programming Questions
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@subsection Why are compiled executables so huge?!?
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By default, gcc compiles in all symbols. You'll also find that gcc
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creates large executables on UNIX.
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If that bothers you, just use the 'strip' program, part of the binutils
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package.
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@subsection Why is gcc failing?
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@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest
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