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On 2008-07-18 18:08Z, Rob Walker wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
>>   You can just as well use the POSIX equivalent.  If you have to
>> convert between paths, there's the cygpath tool.
> 
> [RGW] Yes, such a beast would be possible to construct, but it would be 
> horribly inefficient.  I'd be wrapping every file parameter to every 
> command with a call to cygpath.

If, say, all your code is in "d:\foo", then use an "identity mount":
  mount d:\foo /foo
and you don't need 'cygpath' or drive letters with colons. See:
  http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2008-03/msg00962.html

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