Re: [avr-gcc-list] Windows 7 issue ? Avrdude - strange garbage atendof filename

[Josef Eisl]

Weddington, Eric wrote:
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> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stu Bell [mailto:address@hidden 
>> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 2:08 PM
>> To: Royce Pereira; Weddington, Eric; address@hidden
>> Subject: RE: [avr-gcc-list] Windows 7 issue ? Avrdude - 
>> strange garbage atendof filename
>>
>> Here's another idea (which Eric should comment on first): Try loading
>> CygWin and running avrdude *only* (not the make or anything else) from
>> the cygwin bash window.  That eliminates the Windows DOS shell as the
>> issue.
>>
> 
> Overall I think that's a good idea, assuming of course that Cygwin even works 
> with this version of Windows. ;-)
> 

Just for the record. It is planned that (most versions of) Windows 7
will ship with a Windows XP (emulation) mode. I don't know if the old XP
shell can be used but at least Cygwin can be installed and used if it
fails on native Windows 7.

http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/business/archive/2009/04/24/coming-soon-windows-xp-mode-and-windows-virtual-pc.aspx

BR
Josef