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RE: Converting Dos Slashes to Unix Slashes


> From: Igor Pechtchanski
> On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, zzapper wrote:
> 
> > From
> >   man cygpath
> >
> > Look at this generically useful script
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > # wexp
> > # description : Launch Explorer with correct "Windows" path
> > if [ "${1}" = "" ];
> >      then
> >           XPATH=".";
> >      else
> >           XPATH="$(cygpath -w "${1}")";
> > fi
> > explorer $XPATH &
> >
> > zzapper (vim & cygwin & zsh)
> 
> Umm, why not simply use the script below?  BTW, you don't need to put
> explorer in the background - detaches from the tty itself.  Also, don't
> forget that there *are* command-line arguments for explorer, which you
> might want to pass through...
> 	Igor
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> # wexp
> # description : Launch Explorer with correct "Windows" path
> explorer "$(cygpath -w "${1:-.}")"

Even simpler:

$ cygstart /

Click on "Folders" (equal to Menu->View->Explorer Bar->Folders)


/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59+16.37'N, 17+12.60'E

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