Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of Building/Platforms/Windows

Timestamp:

11/18/11 02:13:54 (18 months ago)

Author:

dterei

Comment:

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Building/Platforms/Windows

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  * MSYS programs understand {{{/bin}}}, {{{/usr/bin}}}, and map Windows's lettered drives as {{{/c/tmp/foo}}} etc.  The exact mount table is given in the doc subdirectory of the MSYS distribution.
     [[br]]
-   When it invokes a command, the MSYS shell sees whether the invoked binary lives in the MSYS {{{/bin}}} directory.  If so, it just invokes it.  If not, it assumes the program is no an MSYS program, and walks over the command-line arguments changing MSYS paths into native-compatible paths. It does this inside sub-arguments and inside quotes. For example, if you invoke
+  When it invokes a command, the MSYS shell sees whether the invoked binary lives in the MSYS {{{/bin}}} directory.  If so, it just invokes it.  If not, it assumes the program is no an MSYS program, and walks over the command-line arguments changing MSYS paths into native-compatible paths. It does this inside sub-arguments and inside quotes. For example, if you invoke
     {{{
 foogle -B/c/tmp/baz
 }}}
     the MSYS shell will actually call {{{foogle}}} with argument {{{-Bc:/tmp/baz}}}.
- * Cygwin programs have a more complicated mount table, and map the lettered drives as {{{/cygdrive/c/tmp/foo}}}.
-    [[br]]
-   The Cygwin shell does no argument processing when invoking non-Cygwin programs.
+ * Cygwin programs have a more complicated mount table, and map the lettered drives as {{{/cygdrive/c/tmp/foo}}}. The Cygwin shell does no argument processing when invoking non-Cygwin programs.