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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:39:12 -0400
From: "Matt D." <matt@codespunk.com>
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Maybe I've just had a long week but I can't seem to get this to work:

alias pathw='echo `cygpath -w "$@"`'
pathw "/cygdrive/g/"

I also tried:

alias pathw='echo $(cygpath -w "$@")'

cygpath just yells at me that I'm doing something wrong.


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