RFR(S): 8151291: $EXEC yields "unknown command" on Cygwin

[Michael Haupt]

Hi Srini,

> Am 07.03.2016 um 19:36 schrieb Srinivas Dama <srinivas.dama at oracle.com>:
> Few limitations with absolute paths.
> On cmd.exe:
> jjs -scripting
> $EXEC("D:\work\nashorn-dev\dev\build\windows-x86_64-normal-server-release\images\jdk\bin\java.exe") 

I assume you meant to say this fails - using double backslashes helps. :-)

> Good thing is on cygwin if we give mixed path like:
> $EXEC("D:/work/nashorn-dev/dev/build/windows-x86_64-normal-server-release/images/jdk/bin/java.exe"),it works.
> But $EXEC("/cygdrive/d/work/nashorn-dev/dev/build/windows-x86_64-normal-server-release/images/jdk/bin/java.exe") fails.

Yes, that's not right. I've addressed that. I need another round of reviews please: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mhaupt/8151291/webrev.00 (note that I accidentally deleted the previous webrev).

Thanks,

Michael

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