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RE: Is it possible to convert from dos to unix path and back?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Kelly
>
> R. Lewis wrote:
>
> > Some of the commands we "launch" from a cygwin bash shell only
> understand the Dos path convention. Is
> > there a "conversion" command I can call to go from a Unix path
>
> cygpath
Since this is a common hassle for a lot of people, in my .bashrc I have
this:
alias cpw='cygpath -w'
So when I want to launch such a program I can do this:
vi `cpw ~/.bashrc`
(my 'vi' is an alias to SlickEdit which, of couse, has this problem).
Ian
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