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user28923
user28923

Reputation: 21

cygwin, cygstart, unix path to windows 8 char paths

I am using perl under cygwin to run imagemagick and LaTeX. For various reasons, I must run pdflatex under cygstart. I have a path with spaces in the cygstart command, and only run this correctly with a windows path without space 

cygstart c:/stuff/pdflatex.exe c:/Users/mainho~1/Pictures/6-13/directory.tex

mainho~1" is the 8char form of "main home computer

I would like a perl or unix function which would take 

/cygdrive/c/Users/main\ home\ computer/Pictures/6-13/directory.tex

and would return

c:/Users/mainho~1/Pictures/6-13/directory.tex

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1151

Answers (2)

Euri Pinhollow
Euri Pinhollow

Reputation: 342

Bash: cygpath -m '/cygwin/c/Users would return c:/Users . -m stands for "mixed" meaning that forward slashes are used with volume identifiers.

If you launch it without shell you should drop single quotes.

I do not remember whether using single quotes makes same difference in Perl, try it yourself.

Upvotes: 0

Devolus
Devolus

Reputation: 22074

You can use cygpath command in a shell to convert between both formats of paths

Convert from Windows path to unix.

cygpath "D:\\tmp"

Note that I use double backslashes because it needs to be escaped as it has a special meaning.

Convert from unix to Windows

cygpath -w "/usr/bin"

Upvotes: 1

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