Re: Using cygpath with backticks

Re: Using cygpath with backticks

[Andrew DeFaria]

On 06/22/2013 08:39 AM, Matt D. wrote:
> Maybe I've just had a long week but I can't seem to get this to work:
>
> alias pathw='echo `cygpath -w "$@"`'
> pathw "/cygdrive/g/"
>
> I also tried:
>
> alias pathw='echo $(cygpath -w "$@")'
>
> cygpath just yells at me that I'm doing something wrong.
Try a real function:

$ function pathw {
 > echo $(cygpath -w "$@")
 > }
$ pathw /cygdrive/c
C:\
$

I don't think that $@ is evaluated in the context of an alias.

However, if all you are doing is echoing out the Windows path for a 
posix path then that's already what cygpath does. And the following also 
would work:

$ alias pathw='cygpath -w'
$ pathw /cygdrive/c
C:\
$
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Using cygpath with backticks

[Matt D.]

Maybe I've just had a long week but I can't seem to get this to work:

alias pathw='echo `cygpath -w "$@"`'
pathw "/cygdrive/g/"

I also tried:

alias pathw='echo $(cygpath -w "$@")'

cygpath just yells at me that I'm doing something wrong.


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Re: Using cygpath with backticks

[Earnie Boyd]

On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Matt D. wrote:
> Maybe I've just had a long week but I can't seem to get this to work:
>
> alias pathw='echo `cygpath -w "$@"`'

I think all you want is

alias pathw='cygpath -w'

> pathw "/cygdrive/g/"
>

The result of this will then be

G:\

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Re: Using cygpath with backticks

[Matt D.]

The test case I provided was a simplified version of what I intend to 
use it for.

Andrew is correct in that '$@' is not evaluated in the context of an 
alias and I would need to wrap up my intended alias in a function.

Thanks. I was having a brain fart there.


On 6/22/2013 11:58 AM, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
> On 06/22/2013 08:39 AM, Matt D. wrote:
>> Maybe I've just had a long week but I can't seem to get this to work:
>>
>> alias pathw='echo `cygpath -w "$@"`'
>> pathw "/cygdrive/g/"
>>
>> I also tried:
>>
>> alias pathw='echo $(cygpath -w "$@")'
>>
>> cygpath just yells at me that I'm doing something wrong.
> Try a real function:
>
> $ function pathw {
>  > echo $(cygpath -w "$@")
>  > }
> $ pathw /cygdrive/c
> C:\
> $
>
> I don't think that $@ is evaluated in the context of an alias.
>
> However, if all you are doing is echoing out the Windows path for a
> posix path then that's already what cygpath does. And the following also
> would work:
>
> $ alias pathw='cygpath -w'
> $ pathw /cygdrive/c
> C:\
> $

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