Not completely the shell. From a Windows command prompt: c:\Apps\cygwin64\bin\cygpath.exe -u \\123.456.789.321\wwwroot\ccenter\bin\online.sh //123.456.789.321/wwwroot/ccenter/bin/online.sh
c:\Apps\cygwin64\bin\cygpath.exe -u "\\123.456.789.321\wwwroot\ccenter\bin\online.sh" /cygdrive/c/123.456.789.321/wwwroot/ccenter/bin/online.sh c:\Apps\cygwin64\bin\cygpath.exe -u "\\\123.456.789.321\wwwroot\ccenter\bin\online.sh" //123.456.789.321/wwwroot/ccenter/bin/online.sh c:\Apps\cygwin64\bin\cygpath.exe -u "\\\\123.456.789.321\wwwroot\ccenter\bin\online.sh" //123.456.789.321/wwwroot/ccenter/bin/online.sh Looks like cygpath is doing something different when the argument is enclosed in quotes (same behavior if single-quote ' is used). > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com <cygwin-ow...@cygwin.com> On Behalf > Of Achim Gratz > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 1:12 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: EXT: Re: cygpath -u converts quoted UNC paths to local > > Andrey Repin writes: > > This can be considered "working by design", but it really imposes some > > serious restrictions on interoperability with Cygwin, that I think can be > avoided. > > But cygpath never sees the quotes, so whatever is done to the path that it > gets is actually the work of your shell. In other words, you need to shell- > quote the backslashes as appropriate for your shell. > > > Regards, > Achim. > -- > +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk > Blofeld]>+ > > DIY Stuff: > http://Synth.Stromeko.net/DIY.html > > -- > 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 -- 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
