From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd)
Subject: RE: Unix pathname -> DOS pathname
23 Sep 1998 03:22:17 -0700
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To: David Fox <dsfox AT cogsci DOT ucsd DOT edu>, Alessio Milan <amilan AT gic DOT it>,
        roger AT isp DOT uni-kassel DOT de
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---=?iso-8859-1?Q?Roger_Ren=E9_Kommer?= <kommer AT artefaktur DOT com> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi,
> > > How can I convert a Unix pathname to a DOS pathname? Example:
> > > 
> > > from: /usr/local/myfile
> > > 
> > > to:   D:\local\myfile
> > > 
> > > (in the example /usr is mounted on D:)
> > 
> > Hey, you just did!  (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
> Actually it is more interessant, how to do it in shell scripts.
> One possibility is to launch 
> echo `cmd.exe /c cd`
> to get the cwd in DOS/NT syntax, but the performance could be
> better.
> Does anybody know a better solution?
> 

Take a look at the faq.html#SEC15

This is a list of misc functions of which include what you need.
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