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Re: readshortcut app for cygutils
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Wilson" <cygwin@cwilson.fastmail.fm>
> I'm willing to incorporate it into cygutils, if there are no objections
> from the list.
>
> Have you read /usr/share/doc/cygutils-1.2.1/HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE yet?
yes, all the integration work is already done.
> About the app itself: I think it should provide the result in either
> unix format (-u/--unix) or windows format (-w/--windows), without
> requiring cygpath.exe -- instead, use the cygwin functions
> cygwin_conv_to_posix_path() and cygwin_conv_to_win32_path().
I agree with this, I was planning to add these options in. Right now, it
just displays exactly what is stored in the shortcut (i.e. the path is
simply treated as a string).
After chasing a couple bugs down and finishing the man page, the whole thing
should be ready sometime early next week
Rob.