[ANN] cyg-wrapper.sh

[Luc Hermitte]

Hello,


cyg-wrapper v2.2 has been uploaded on my web site:
    http://hermitte.free.fr/cygwin/#Win32
    http://hermitte.free.fr/cygwin/cyg-wrapper.sh


cyg-wrapper is a shell script that helps to run, from cygwin,
command-line applications that have been compiled for windows only ; ie:
applications un-aware and independant of the cygwin layer.[1] 

cyg-wrapper converts pathname arguments, passed to win32 programs, from
the written form (unix/dos/windows ; relative or absolute) to the DOS
(short [2] ; and absolute) form that win32 command-line programs
understand.

It extends what cygpath do, to every pathname arguments, and resolves
the symbolic links.


A typical way of use is for instance:
  alias gvim='cyg-wrapper.sh "C:/Progra~1/Edition/vim/vim61/gvim.exe" 
     -binary-opt=-c,--cmd,-T,-t,--servername,--remote-send,--remote-expr
     --fork=1'
that defines the alias 'gvim' which:
  - calls the win32 version of Gvim,
  - converts every pathname argument (identified as beeing those that do
    not begin with '+' or '-', and that do not directly follow '-c',
    '--cmd', '-T', ...)
  - forks immediately ; which replaces the disabled '-f' option of the
    win32 version of gvim.


Note: the latest version of cyg-wrapper requires cygUtils and more
precisally realpath. An older but slower version is also available on
my web site.

Feedback appreciated.


[1] BTW, Is there a canonical expression to designate such applications ?
    I tend to use "native win32 applications/programs", but I'm not sure
    it is really correct in English.
[2] This form has been privileged because of the MsWindows 9x series.
-- 
Luc Hermitte

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