X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45EDC547.4010501@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:47:19 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Using UNC paths from a windows command with bash commands References: <655b3580703060907h62b2f728n192efa2cff68d3dc AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <655b3580703060910r403f7c46nf39b032bc25f6481 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: <655b3580703060910r403f7c46nf39b032bc25f6481@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Chris Kimpton wrote: > Hi, > > I am writing a couple of scripts to check users in Active Directory > their home/profile directories. > > Using dsget -hmdir, gives me their home directory, in this format > var=\\server\home$\username > > Using this in a test, like if [ -d $var ] then fails, as it escapes > the stuff prefixed by slash. Is there a way to mangle the name into > something cygwin/bash will like...? > > I am think I am using the last cygwin/bash stuff - bash 3.2.9(11). > > Thanks in advance, > Chris > > PS looking at the list archive, I can see other people have asked > similar questions... but I cannot see them being answered :-( Really? I've seen lots of questions like this one that have been pointed to 'cygpath'. In any case, that's the utility you're looking for. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/