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From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin convert environment paths
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Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 17:06:39 +0200
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Steven Penny via Cygwin writes:
> I use APPDATA and PROGRAMFILES a good amount, and those arent converted. To make
> it worse, HOMEDRIVE and SYSTEMDRIVE arent converted either, meaning you cant
> manually construct the path starting with a variable.

That's what cygpath is there for, among other things.


Regards,
Achim.
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