From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan)
Subject: Re: converting between UNC and NT files names?
11 Dec 1997 13:57:43 -0800
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.971211111650.23836A-200000.cygnus.gnu-win32@eh_pc11.xraylith.wisc.edu>
References: <01BD063C DOT D420B680 AT rodney DOT wg DOT icl DOT co DOT uk>
Reply-To: Mumit Khan <khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="1753259445-118504625-881860878=:23836"
To: Kevin Hughes <kh AT wg DOT icl DOT co DOT uk>
Cc: "Gnuwin95 (E-mail)" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

  This message is in MIME format.  The first part should be readable text,
  while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.
  Send mail to mime AT docserver DOT cac DOT washington DOT edu for more info.

--1753259445-118504625-881860878=:23836
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII
Content-ID: <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 93 DOT 971211112529 DOT 3577B AT modi DOT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu>

On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Kevin Hughes wrote:

> Is there any easy way of converting between the unc used by the gnu tools for file names and the standard
> NT file names? I would like to call native NT tools directly from shell scripts but all the file names I have
> in variables etc. are in UNC format and the tools only understand the standard names.
> 

The attached piece of code may help you get started. Simply run it with
the posix filename(s) on the command line and it'll spit out both relative
and absolute win32 pathnames.

   % posix2win32path . //server/src
   . --> c:\tmp (.)
   //server/src --> \\server\src (\\server\src)

Regards, 
Mumit -- khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu
http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/


--1753259445-118504625-881860878=:23836
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII; NAME="pathconv.cc"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64
Content-ID: <Pine DOT LNX DOT 3 DOT 96 DOT 971211112118 DOT 23836B AT eh_pc11 DOT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu>
Content-Description: posix to win32 path converter
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--1753259445-118504625-881860878=:23836--
-
For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to
"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".