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From: Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu>
To: Bernard Rich <bernard.rich1957@gmail.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [QUAR] Accessing outside datasets?
Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 06:50:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7a5f573c-d6c3-6baf-b090-f66ea84fb3cb@cs.umass.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAL9a8Ay=BJm_KWdBkge4UBFe__07fF6s7ynfwUtxNfw=UTtWMw@mail.gmail.com>

On 5/6/2023 11:44 PM, Bernard Rich via Cygwin wrote:
>   Hello, I have read the introductory advice but still do not understand how
> to access datasets stored on *C:* or on flash drives. Can you please point
> me to the correct reference or email me the instructions?

You can give a full path starting with /cygdrive/c in place of the C:. Then
replace every \ in a Windows path with a /.  Quote the whole thing if it has
spaces or strange characters in it.

Alternatively you can use the cygpath program to convert a Windows path to
a cygwin one.  For example:

cygpath -ua 'C:\Users\moss'

results in

/cygdrive/c/Users/moss

Note the quoting to avoid the usual interpretation of \ by the cygwin shell.

This can be used in a command, e.g.,: ls $(cygpath -ua 'C:\Users\moss')

man cygpath will tell you all about the program.  HTH -- EM

  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-07 10:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-05-07  3:44 Bernard Rich
2023-05-07 10:50 ` Eliot Moss [this message]
2023-05-07 17:01   ` [QUAR] " Bernard Rich

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