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Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2003 23:58:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
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Subject: Re: example needed pls: `cygpath -c <HANDLE>'
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On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, Brian Dessent wrote:

> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> > Umm, guys, aren't we getting carried away here?  I mean, perl is a great
> > tool, but wouldn't something simpler, like
> >
> > c:\cygwin\bin\bash -c "echo -n `/bin/cygpath -u '%1'` > /dev/clipboard"
>
> Jeez, I had no idea /dev/clipboard existed.  Is there a list of
> supported dev entries somewhere?
>
> Brian

Sure!  In winsup/cygwin/path.cc, right before "get_devn()" (see
<http://cygwin.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/winsup/cygwin/path.cc?rev=1.257&cvsroot=src>).
IOW, "Use the source, Luke... er... Brian!" :-D
	Igor
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