Re: [Mingw-msys] Path transformation

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

On 10:26:27 am 2005-07-28 John Vandenberg <ja...@gm...> wrote:
> On 7/28/05, Thierry Gourdin <thi...@li...> wrote:
> >  Hi,
> >  I wonder if it exists a script capable of transforming a mingw
> >  path to a windows path with respect to the fstab file.
>
> Hi,
>
> There is a tool called cygpath, from cygwin, that works quite well for
> msys/mingw as well.  I think this is because msys will transform
> argument from msys into c:/path/to/foo.txt , and the cygwpath binary
> can then transform it into one of a few different formats, like DOS,
> Mixed, Windows, and Cygwins Unix syntax.
>

<emphasis>
It is not recommended to mix Cygwin dependent apps with MSYS.  You are
likely to receive unexpected results and aborts.  This warning exists in
the documentation provided.
</emphasis>

Earnie