Re: chmod fails for MS-DOS style path in cygwin 1.7.2-2

[Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>]

On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 02:09:29PM +0530, prakash babu wrote:
>I am using cygwin 1.7.2-2 and chmod fails for MS-DOS style path with the following error message.
>
>eg: chmod 755 C:\\FileName
>
>cygwin warning: MS-DOS style path detected: C:\FileName
>Preferred POSIX equivalent is: /cygdrive/c/FileName
>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
>
>This used to work in cygwin 1.5 .
>
>Is there any workaround available for this currently ?
>
>Is this a bug in 1.7 which will be fixed in the upcoming versions ?

How could a specific error message, which tells you how to turn it off,
be construed as a bug?

cgf

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