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RE: Unix pathname -> DOS pathname
- To: David Fox <dsfox at cogsci dot ucsd dot edu>, Alessio Milan <amilan at gic dot it>, roger at isp dot uni-kassel dot de
- Subject: RE: Unix pathname -> DOS pathname
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 10:03:40 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
---=?iso-8859-1?Q?Roger_Ren=E9_Kommer?= <kommer@artefaktur.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
> > > How can I convert a Unix pathname to a DOS pathname? Example:
> > >
> > > from: /usr/local/myfile
> > >
> > > to: D:\local\myfile
> > >
> > > (in the example /usr is mounted on D:)
> >
> > Hey, you just did! (Sorry, couldn't resist.)
> Actually it is more interessant, how to do it in shell scripts.
> One possibility is to launch
> echo `cmd.exe /c cd`
> to get the cwd in DOS/NT syntax, but the performance could be
> better.
> Does anybody know a better solution?
>
Take a look at the faq.html#SEC15
This is a list of misc functions of which include what you need.
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