DOS <-> Unix filenames

DOS <-> Unix filenames

[Roger René Kommer]

Hi,

I like to instrument bash, sed, etc. to manage my NT Server.

A common problem is, that in scripts that uses gygwin and NT command
line utilities I have to covert the filenames from NT to cygwin
and vice versa.

Sample:

//e/d/cxx/aproject <-> e:\d\cxx\aproject
/usr/local/myfiles <-> d:\unixfs\usr\local\myfiles
/cdrom/x/file      <-> x:\file
./dir/output       <-> .\dir\output

What I need is a (two) utilities which can convert these filenames
ufn2dfn [u]nix[f]ile[n]ame2[d]os[f]ile[n]ame
and
dfn2ufn [d]os[f]ile[n]ame2[u]nix[f]ile[n]ame

ufilelist="//e/d/cxx/aproject /usr/local/myfiles /cdrom/x/file ./dir/output"
for i in $ufilelist; do
	a_ntutility `ufn2dfn "$i"`
done

dfn2ufn is quite simple and can done with a few sed calls.
ufn2dfn is a little more complicated, because it has to evaluate the mount
table.

If I didn't overlook a simpler solution I would suggest to integrate this
into the cygwin package. Alternatively it can be integrated into the ls or
mount command.

With RFC and regards,
Roger Rene Kommer
kommer@artefaktur.com






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Re: DOS <-> Unix filenames

[Anil K Ruia]

There is a utility called cygpath which does that.
- Anil
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RE: DOS <-> Unix filenames

[Bernard Dautrevaux]

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De:	Roger René Kommer [SMTP:kommer@artefaktur.com]
> Date:	Monday, January 04, 1999 15:25
> À:	gnu-win32@cygnus.com
> Objet:	DOS <-> Unix filenames
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I like to instrument bash, sed, etc. to manage my NT Server.
> 
> A common problem is, that in scripts that uses gygwin and NT command
> line utilities I have to covert the filenames from NT to cygwin
> and vice versa.
> 
> Sample:
> 
> //e/d/cxx/aproject <-> e:\d\cxx\aproject
> /usr/local/myfiles <-> d:\unixfs\usr\local\myfiles
> /cdrom/x/file      <-> x:\file
> ../dir/output       <-> .\dir\output
> 
> What I need is a (two) utilities which can convert these filenames
> ufn2dfn [u]nix[f]ile[n]ame2[d]os[f]ile[n]ame
> and
> dfn2ufn [d]os[f]ile[n]ame2[u]nix[f]ile[n]ame
> 
	<snipped>
> 
> If I didn't overlook a simpler solution I would suggest to integrate
this
> into the cygwin package. Alternatively it can be integrated into the
ls or
> mount command.

They already are present in cygwin-B20:
	ufn2dfn <==> cygpath -w
	dfn2ufn <==> cygpath -u

cygpath accept path names expressed as well as Unix-like names or
DOS-like names, and is also able to convert DOS ';'-separated path lists
in/from UNIX ':'-separated path lists.

	Regards,

		Bernard

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