Is it possible to convert from dos to unix path and back?

[Ian Puleston]

> -----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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