From: papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) Subject: Re: Absolute file-path under bash (cygwin32) 15 Apr 1997 19:54:33 -0700 Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <33541630.B6463D08.cygnus.gnu-win32@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> References: <199704152224.PAA16775@nz1.netzone.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.0b3 [en] (Win95; I) Original-To: Mikey Original-CC: cygnus X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com Mikey wrote: > > Not from bash. > > vim(){ > vim.exe `dospwd.sh $*` > } > > try that,it's a little slow ;^), but I think it will work, and you only > have to set it up once, in .bashrc. Once per non-cygwin executable that you want to use from within bash! What if "ld" marked cygwin executables with some sort of magic code? Then bash could fix up arguments to non-cygwin executables. Paul Prescod - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".