> > bash... maybe cygpath, seems to be doing something weird: Weird - yes. But buggy - no.
> > > > $ cygpath -u '\\someuncpath\someshare' > > //someuncpath/someshare > > $ echo `cygpath -u '\\someuncpath\someshare'` > > /cygdrive/c/someuncpath/someshare > > $ # what's going on here > > $ echo "`cygpath -u '\\someuncpath\someshare'`" In a double-quoted `` context, \\ represents one \, and \s is undefined. Just because this is nested within a '' inside the `` does not make it a single-quoted context. The correct quoting would be: echo "`cygpath -u '\\\\someuncpath\\someshare'`" You are better off using $(), with saner quoting rules: echo "$(cygpath -u '\\someuncpath\someshare')" [disclaimer - I'm typing this on a machine without bash, so I was unable to test the above; hopefully I got it all correct] -- Eric Blake -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
