Can not start UltraEdit using cygwin path

[Andrew DeFaria]

lin q wrote:
>> From: Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
>> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>> Subject: Re: Can not start UltraEdit using cygwin path
>> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:34:15 -0700
>>
>> lin q wrote:
>>
>> >   If I run it with cygwin path like this,
>> >
>> > uedit /cygdrive/c/tmp/log
>> >
>> >   UltraEdit says the path is wrong.
>>
>> UltraEdit is not a Cygwin application.  How on earth do you expect it to
>> understand something beginning in /cygdrive?  Look into cygpath.
> I know cygpath, but it is easier to just type in DOS path than to use 
> cygpath each time.
Use some imagination. How about:

uedit ()
{
   uedit32.exe $(cygpath -u "$@") &
}

-- 

Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
I just got skylights put in my place. The people who live above me are 
furious!


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/