Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/06/28/13:36:06
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Hi! The ever-fascinating "cygpath" tool once again beckons to me to plumb
its depths ...
I am trying to finish a test script that uses ActivePerl to call `cygpath`
from itself (a system call, by open()-ing a pipe to capture the output of
the tool ...
{... stuff ...}
open(CTH, '-|', "C:/cygwin/bin/cygpath $MS_path_filename")
or die "Could not open() call to 'cygpath', what is up?";
$cygstyle_path = <CTH>;
chomp $cygstyle_path;
{... stuff ...}
(troubled?: `perldoc open' or read the Camel 3rd Ed.;
this is the new {$] >= 5.6.1} 3-argument form of open().)
I tried simple backticks too ;-). The point is that I get every indication
by rigorously checking the return values of the calls to open(), close()
and checking Perl built-in vars $! and $?, that the call to cygpath
*worked*, but when I try to examine the string returned ($cygstyle_path),
it is always empty!
So anyway, I am chasing all geese of any degree of domestication at this
point. I've tried searching in the several ways and cannot believe
no-one has asked before, but: please someone, provide an example of the
use of the "-c" flag to "cygpath", e.g.
cygpath -c <something> -u 'C:\\foo\\bar\fump.rey'
What values should "<something>" have? I do not really understand the
manual explanation of what this flag is for. Could it help me here?
Any other insights also appreciated.
A couple of answers to anticipated questions from the idle
onlookers ;-) ... :
* yeah, am using AS Perl, that's because this is a piece of
a WSH script.
* what I'd like to end up with is a way to context|alternate-click
on any filename in MSWindows Explorer and place the filename as
*cygwin*, not the OS, will see it, on the clipboard. Anyone
already had a pass at this wheel?
Soren A.
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