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From: "Dave Korn" <dk AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Cygpath: Path name conversion Issue
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:14:48 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of john george
> Sent: 08 June 2004 05:23

> Hi,
> I'm trying to convert the following path name to a
> unix specific format so that it could be passed as a
> parameter to the Unix "open(..)" system call.
> cygpath
> "\\Device\\harddiskdmvolumes\\physicaldmvolumes\\rawvolume3
> "
> The converted path name is not accepted by the
> "open()"
> system call due to which I'm not able to access this
> device.
> Actually I'm trying to access a raw volume which I'm
> able to do if I use the CreateFile() API in Windows.
> I've no clue as to why I'm not able to access this raw
> device using the "open().." system call.
> Any suggesstions?

  Have you tried this way yet?

\\\\.\\Device\\harddiskdmvolumes\\physicaldmvolumes\\rawvolume3

Not sure but I think that might sort it.

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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