Yep, just tried the same thing on MSYS, worked like a charm (Path to fixpath was truncated for easier reading) $ fixpath print /usr/bin/make C:\msys64\usr\bin\make
This is going to be pretty frustrating, but I'll take a crack at it to see if I can wrestle WSL into fixpath, thanks for the link best regards, Julian On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 5:27 PM Daniel Jeliński <djelins...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Fixpath does not work with WSL paths; historically it was hard to map them > to Windows paths. > > This article suggests that it should be easier now: > > https://www.howtogeek.com/426749/how-to-access-your-linux-wsl-files-in-windows-10/ > > I suppose you could give it a try if you're interested. > Regards, > Daniel > > > czw., 20 paź 2022 o 10:59 Julian Waters <tanksherma...@gmail.com> > napisał(a): > >> Hi all, >> >> On Windows MakeBase contains a utility to extract Windows paths from Unix >> style paths: >> >> # FixPath >> # >> # On Windows, converts a path from cygwin/unix style (e.g. /bin/foo) into >> # "mixed mode" (e.g. c:/cygwin/bin/foo). On other platforms, return the >> path >> # unchanged. >> # This also converts a colon-separated list of paths to a >> semicolon-separated >> # list. >> # This is normally not needed since we use the FIXPATH prefix for command >> lines, >> # but might be needed in certain circumstances. >> >> According to the documentation it should be able to handle paths like >> /usr/bin or /bin/xxx, but manually invoking the implementation of this >> utility from the shell seems to indicate that it can only properly convert >> full paths that have environment prefixes and so on, with the "true" Unix >> style paths simply expanding into empty strings: >> >> Working usage: >> >> user@LAPTOP-NEMLU0S6:/mnt/d/eclipse/workspace/hotspot/jdk$ fixpath print >> /mnt/c/progra~1/mib055~1/2022/commun~1/vc/tools/msvc/1432~1.313/bin/hostx64/x64/cl.exe >> >> c:\progra~1\mib055~1\2022\commun~1\vc\tools\msvc\1432~1.313\bin\hostx64\x64\cl.exe >> user@LAPTOP-NEMLU0S6:/mnt/d/eclipse/workspace/hotspot/jdk$ >> >> as compared to: >> >> user@LAPTOP-NEMLU0S6:/mnt/d/eclipse/workspace/hotspot/jdk$ >> /mnt/d/eclipse/workspace/hotspot/jdk/build/windows-x86_64-server-release/fixpath >> print /usr/bin/make >> vertig0@LAPTOP-NEMLU0S6:/mnt/d/eclipse/workspace/hotspot/jdk$ >> >> I can't quite tell if this is a subtle bug or if it's working as >> intended, and the documentation is just a tad outdated/was misinterpreted >> by me, so I thought I'd raise it on the list just in case (I first caught >> this while using FixPath on a local branch). >> >> best regards, >> Julian >> >
