Andrew Schulman wrote on Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:36 AM:
>> BAD:
>> alias cdp=cd\ "$USERPROFILE"
>> +alias 'cdp=cd C:\Documents and Settings\me'
>>
>> alias cdp="cd $USERPROFILE"
>> +alias 'cdp=cd C:\Documents and Settings\me'
>>
>> GOOD:
>> alias cdp="cd \"$USERPROFILE\""
>> + alias 'cdp=cd "C:\Documents and Settings\me"'
>>
>> alias cdp='cd "$USERPROFILE"'
>> + alias 'cdp=cd "$USERPROFILE"'
>
> To avoid one layer of quoting, how about
>
> function cdp () { cd "$USERPROFILE"; }
What about the following?
/c> cd "$(cygpath -u "${USERPROFILE}")"
Would it add anything to do this with cygpath, which already gives some
system paths?
/c> cygpath --help
[snip]
System information:
-A, --allusers use `All Users' instead of current user for -D,
-P
-D, --desktop output `Desktop' directory and exit
-H, --homeroot output `Profiles' directory (home root) and exit
-P, --smprograms output Start Menu `Programs' directory and exit
-S, --sysdir output system directory and exit
-W, --windir output `Windows' directory and exit
Other options:
-f, --file FILE read FILE for input; use - to read from STDIN
[snip]
[snip]
Might it be useful to add another option:
-e, --environment VARIABLE convert path in an environmental
variable
so that one could do
/c> cd "$(cygpath -u -e USERPROFILE)"
I know PTC, but I'm not a programmer. As always much gratitude to
everyone who is a programmer and maintains or otherwise contributes to
cygwin!
- Barry
- Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
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