Re: Can not start UltraEdit using cygwin path

[Andrew DeFaria <Andrew at DeFaria dot com>]

lin q wrote:
> > From: Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
> > Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Subject: Re: Can not start UltraEdit using cygwin path
> > Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 17:34:15 -0700
> >
> > lin q wrote:
> >
> > >   If I run it with cygwin path like this,
> > >
> > > uedit /cygdrive/c/tmp/log
> > >
> > >   UltraEdit says the path is wrong.
> >
> > UltraEdit is not a Cygwin application.  How on earth do you expect it to
> > understand something beginning in /cygdrive?  Look into cygpath.
> I know cygpath, but it is easier to just type in DOS path than to use 
> cygpath each time.
Use some imagination. How about:

uedit ()
{
  uedit32.exe $(cygpath -u "$@") &
}

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Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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