Re: [Mingw-msys] Problems with directory path in batch file and sed

[Keith M. <kei...@to...>]

Andrzej Ziarkowski wrote:
> i'm totally newbie with sed/MSYS. I tried to madofy one simply
> batch file, but i got problems with path convertion.

Are you trying to run windows batch files from the MSYS prompt?
If so, you really need to know a lot about what you are doing, for
this is not straightforward -- not something for newbies to try!

> I have "small problem" with sed in my windows batch file: the
> output file is not included any slash in the file path.

Or, are you trying to run MSYS commands, (sed in this case), from
a cmd.exe prompt?  (This would be the same as using MSYS commands
within a Woe32 batch file).  This is more achievable, but again,
it helps if you know what you are doing.

> I mean that from my variable UNLOADFILE "C:\Temp\biblio.001" sed
> is making "C:Tempbiblio.001".
>
> How i can stoping this behavior of sed?

sed is a POSIX command, and it uses backslashes as literal escapes;
if you want to pass them through, so they can be seen as dir/file
name separators in Woe32's dyslexic manner, then you have to escape
them; (POSIX uses a regular slash as the dir/file name separator).
Thus, you need "C:\\Temp\\biblio.001".

Since you profess to be a newbie, I'd really recommend *not* trying
to mix MSYS/POSIX and Woe32/cmd.exe syntax in the same environment;
use MSYS commands with POSIX syntax from the MSYS bash prompt, or in
sh scripts, and don't try to use them from cmd.exe.

HTH,
Keith.