MSYS2 shell disable auto mangling path

25年 2月 3日 Monday
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Sometimes this feature can be annoying, for example, when running python script and it screwed up because the script uses misleading path caused by this feature.

The step to disable path conversion

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set -f
export MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="*"

the above command will:

  • disable the wildcard expansion
  • set variable to tell msys2 to not perform any path conversion

to confirm if the feature is disabled, try to run this command:

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/c/Windows/System32/whoami.exe /all

references:

  • stackoverflow - telling how to disable wildcard expansion
  • msys2 official docs telling how to disable path conversion

Title：MSYS2 shell disable auto mangling path

Author：ReYuki

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