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Subject: Re: Calling cygpath from find exec?
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On 12/01/2015 01:43 PM, Duncan Roe wrote:

>> Why not just:
>>
>> find . -exec cygpath -wa {} +
>>
>> since cygpath handles more than one file in an invocation (that is,
>> using '-exec {} +' rather than '-exec {} \;' is generally faster).
>>
> I would be using xargs. Especially under /cygdrive, the "-print0 / xargs =
-0"
> combination takes care of spaces and other nasties in file names.

But so does 'find ... -exec ... {} +', and with one fewer process.
xargs is fine when you need it, but here, you don't.

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