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From: "Reini Urban" <rurban AT x-ray DOT at>
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Subject: Re: File path to URI
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>  Has anyone seen a command line tool for converting path (e.g. /cygdrive/h/privat/news_alert.conf) to file URI (file:///cygdrive/h/privat/news_alert.conf)
>
>  Yes, tweaking with string concatenation or calling some java code would be a way, though I would prefer some proper command within the cygwin - bash domain.


$ cat > fileuri <<EOF
echo -n "file:///"; cygpath -m $1
EOF

$ ./fileuri ~
file:///d:/data/URBANR/My Documents

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