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RE: Unix pathname -> DOS pathname


Sergei's CoolView package has cygpath to convert from one form
to the other (either source, either destination).

Recommended!

-Peter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com [mailto:owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com]On
> Behalf Of Roger René Kommer
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 1998 9:19 AM
> To: David Fox; Alessio Milan
> Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com
> Subject: RE: Unix pathname -> DOS pathname
>
>
>
> Hi,
> > > How can I convert a Unix pathname to a DOS pathname? Example:
> > >
> > > from: /usr/local/myfile
> > >
> > > to:   D:\local\myfile
> > >
> > > (in the example /usr is mounted on D:)
> >
> > Hey, you just did!  (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
> Actually it is more interessant, how to do it in shell scripts.
> One possibility is to launch
> echo `cmd.exe /c cd`
> to get the cwd in DOS/NT syntax, but the performance could be
> better.
> Does anybody know a better solution?
>
> Roger
>
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