From: cwilson AT ee DOT gatech DOT edu (Charles Wilson) Subject: Re: Unix pathname -> DOS pathname 23 Sep 1998 03:28:37 -0700 Message-ID: <3607F8B0.B53F17CA.cygnus.gnu-win32@ece.gatech.edu> References: <000001bde57b$7d7faf60$fa01a8c0 AT KOMUN DOT artefaktur DOT de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: roger AT isp DOT uni-kassel DOT de Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com I don't know if anybody has mentioned this yet, but cygpath.exe from Sergey's coolview patch allows you to convert to/from Dos/Unix pathnames. Get it at ftp://www.lexa.ru/pub/domestic/sos/coolview.tar.gz --Chuck Wilson Roger René Kommer 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? > > Roger > > - > 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". > - 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".