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Subject:  Re: Can not start UltraEdit using cygwin path
Date:  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:23:57 -0500
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lin q wrote:
>> From: Brian Dessent <brian AT dessent DOT net>
>> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>> Subject: Re: Can not start UltraEdit using cygwin path
>> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:34:15 -0700
>>
>> lin q wrote:
>>
>> >   If I run it with cygwin path like this,
>> >
>> > uedit /cygdrive/c/tmp/log
>> >
>> >   UltraEdit says the path is wrong.
>>
>> UltraEdit is not a Cygwin application.  How on earth do you expect it to
>> understand something beginning in /cygdrive?  Look into cygpath.
> I know cygpath, but it is easier to just type in DOS path than to use 
> cygpath each time.
Use some imagination. How about:

uedit ()
{
   uedit32.exe $(cygpath -u "$@") &
}

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