From: Bernard Rich <bernard.rich1957@gmail.com>
To: moss@cs.umass.edu
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: [QUAR] Accessing outside datasets?
Date: Sun, 7 May 2023 12:01:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAL9a8Ayfns3uxr=iYSM+OLdb9-tCZzdmEPTFV90DQZY_2v3Hhw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7a5f573c-d6c3-6baf-b090-f66ea84fb3cb@cs.umass.edu>
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Thank you very much!
Bernard
On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 5:50 AM Eliot Moss <moss@cs.umass.edu> wrote:
> 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
>
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-07 3:44 Bernard Rich
2023-05-07 10:50 ` [QUAR] " Eliot Moss
2023-05-07 17:01 ` Bernard Rich [this message]
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