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From: cwilson AT ee DOT gatech DOT edu (Charles Wilson)
Subject: Re: Unix pathname -> DOS pathname
23 Sep 1998 17:09:55 -0700 :
Message-ID: <36090D9F.C9CF609.cygnus.gnu-win32@ece.gatech.edu>
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To: roger AT isp DOT uni-kassel DOT de, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

I don't know if anybody has mentioned this yet, but cygpath.exe from
Sergey's coolview patch allows you to convert to/from Dos/Unix pathnames.
Get it at ftp://www.lexa.ru/pub/domestic/sos/coolview.tar.gz

--Chuck Wilson


Roger René Kommer wrote:

> Hi,
> > > How can I convert a Unix pathname to a DOS pathname? Example:
> > >
> > > from: /usr/local/myfile
> > >
> > > to:   D:\local\myfile
> > >
> > > (in the example /usr is mounted on D:)
> >
> > Hey, you just did!  (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
> Actually it is more interessant, how to do it in shell scripts.
> One possibility is to launch
> echo `cmd.exe /c cd`
> to get the cwd in DOS/NT syntax, but the performance could be
> better.
> Does anybody know a better solution?
>
> Roger
>
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