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on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:13:12 -0600, Eric Blake <4C7FE938 DOT 6060806 AT redhat DOT com>
attacked their terminal with
[stuff relating to Win32 paths]

Here's a sed script I use to get around that... Put this in your script (or
~/.bashrc) and enjoy

function wintocyg {
	if [ "x${$1}" =3D=3D "x" ]; then
		return 1
	fi
	echo $1 | sed 's/\([a-zA-Z]\)\:/\/cygdrive\/\1/g;s:\\:/:g'
}

This:
- checks that there is an argument.
- Converts that argument using a sed script that looks for a drive letter, =
:\
  and converts that into a Cygdrive path. This works for root level stuff
  ("d:\") and for deeply nested things (like d:\ping\me_with\a hundred boxes
  of\liquor).

Pretty Simple Stuff, but its a pain. I've used this for a while now.

I know its a hack but its /works/. You could easily make it escape ' '* but=
 I'm
assuming you're calling it using "`wintocyg mypath`" ( /always/ escape your
paths )



* that would be done by taking and actually wrapping the entire function ar=
ound
  an echo statement like =C2=AB echo "\"`echo $1 ...`\"" =C2=BB
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Morgan Gangwere
Key ID A8B6F243, available from MIT.
BOFH excuse #441:

Hash table has woodworm

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