From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: DJ Delorie To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Subject: Re: cygpath Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:01:00 -0000 Message-id: <3649B28D.41C6@delorie.com> References: <36484B31.A6089DF.cygnus.gnu-win32@st.com> X-SW-Source: 1998-11/msg00486.html The cygpath program takes a *single* filename as its parameter, not a complete command line. When it saw the complete command line you gave it: cygpath -w "/usr/local/bin/tool -f /usr/src/source.c" It treated that string as a single filename that happened to include the subdirectory "/tool -f /" and properly converted the entire string to a single Windows path name. I think what you wanted to do was this: /usr/local/bin/tool -f `cygpath -w /usr/src/source.c` If you have a posix path, chances are, you're running bash or some script that understands them, so don't convert that. Else, do that conversion too. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".