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On 30/05/2010 08:51, Gary wrote:
> Since the tool
> output is mixed paths and text, I'd hoped cygpath made "intelligent"
> guesses about what was and was not likely to be a path.
> 

  Well, that is basically what it does; but, being a POSIX tool, the
consequence is that it assumes that a colon is just a char like any other in a
filename.

    cheers,
      DaveK

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