From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: cygpath
11 Nov 1998 10:51:41 -0500
Message-ID: <3649B28D.41C6@delorie.com>
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The cygpath program takes a *single* filename as its
parameter, not a complete command line.  When it saw
the complete command line you gave it:

 cygpath -w "/usr/local/bin/tool -f /usr/src/source.c"

It treated that string as a single filename that happened
to include the subdirectory "/tool -f /" and properly
converted the entire string to a single Windows path name.

I think what you wanted to do was this:

 /usr/local/bin/tool -f `cygpath -w /usr/src/source.c`

If you have a posix path, chances are, you're running bash
or some script that understands them, so don't
convert that.  Else, do that conversion too.