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Ok, so I was totally wrong about Windows paths not working.  I guess
the OP was running into quoting issues. So the answer: put single
quotes around the pathname when using it in bash.



On 5/5/08, Lee D. Rothstein <lee AT veritech DOT com> wrote:
> Lee Maschmeyer wrote:
> > Or you can use the Cygwin mount command. It took me several years(!)
> > to realize the power of this utility. You need do it only once because
> > they're permanent until you change them:
>
> cd 'x:\any windows\path will also\work'
>
> I do it all the time when "switching between" a windoze app path and an
> existant cygwin window.
>
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