Cygwin UNC path conversion functions?

Cygwin UNC path conversion functions?

[Martin Wege]

Hello,

does Cygwin have UNC path conversion functions, for example UNC path
to DOS mount letter, UNC path to file URL?

Thanks,
Martin

Re: Cygwin UNC path conversion functions?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Nov 30 04:44, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> does Cygwin have UNC path conversion functions, for example UNC path
> to DOS mount letter, UNC path to file URL?

Neither Cygwin nor Windows really care for that when using paths.
Either you use a drive letter or you use an UNC path, and either it
exists or not.  Everything else is done in the mount manager or kernel.

If you want to look for drive letter to UNC path conversion, you can
utilise QueryDosDevice.


Corinna

Re: Cygwin UNC path conversion functions?

[Martin Wege]

On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 10:15 AM Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 30 04:44, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > does Cygwin have UNC path conversion functions, for example UNC path
> > to DOS mount letter, UNC path to file URL?
>
> Neither Cygwin nor Windows really care for that when using paths.
> Either you use a drive letter or you use an UNC path, and either it
> exists or not.  Everything else is done in the mount manager or kernel.
>
> If you want to look for drive letter to UNC path conversion, you can
> utilise QueryDosDevice.

Does Cygwin have a command line tool for that?

Thanks,
Martin

Re: Cygwin UNC path conversion functions?

[Brian Inglis]

On 2023-12-18 09:38, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 10:15 AM Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
>> On Nov 30 04:44, Martin Wege via Cygwin wrote:
>>> does Cygwin have UNC path conversion functions, for example UNC path
>>> to DOS mount letter, UNC path to file URL?

>> Neither Cygwin nor Windows really care for that when using paths.
>> Either you use a drive letter or you use an UNC path, and either it
>> exists or not.  Everything else is done in the mount manager or kernel.
>> If you want to look for drive letter to UNC path conversion, you can
>> utilise QueryDosDevice.

> Does Cygwin have a command line tool for that?

	https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/cygpath.html

or maybe

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/fsutil
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