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Re: Directory structuring


On 6/26/2012 6:09 PM, PaulAThompson wrote:

I am very confused about the correct manner of defining directory paths under cygwin, perl, and bash. I cannot determine the correct manner. Using the cygwin window, I navigate to locations using

cd /cygdrive/c/subdir

Using a bash shell to run a perl process under the shell and passing in a
directory, I must use a windows-style specification with *nix forward
slashes

If you're using Cygwin's Perl, then you don't need to worry about windows-style paths. If you must, for some reason, use the Windows-native Perl, then check out 'man cygpath'. It will handle the file path conversions for you so you can stick with POSIX paths when you type.


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