Thank you very much! Bernard On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 5:50 AM Eliot Moss <m...@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 > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
