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Created June 15, 2016 03:19
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#!/bin/bash
echo "$@" | sed -e 's|\\|/|g' -e 's|^\([A-Za-z]\)\:/\(.*\)|/mnt/\L\1\E/\2|'
@GrimTheReaper
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$ ls "$(winpath.sh $'C:\Program Files\Windows NT')"   
Accessories  TableTextService

@JacobDB
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JacobDB commented Mar 30, 2017

This is great :) How would I go about reversing it, going from a Unix path to Windows?

@JacobDB
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JacobDB commented Mar 30, 2017

@Scrxtchy
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you guys are the bomb

@icorbrey
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Never mind, got it basically working :) https://gist.github.com/JacobDB/e71e22c3663175b2369211aeb54362fe

But where's the gist?! T_T

@mauri870
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Just look for wslpath

@MathiasBaumgartinger
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For anyone interested, i created a small python script which can open any path (file/directory) from the WSL: https://gist.github.com/MathiasBaumgartinger/1f607cbf75203bd47c9fb0713741cf15

@AdamDanischewski
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Just look for wslpath

It would be nice if it did what I need it to, but unfortunately it doesn't help bypassing MAXPATH trying to change \?\d:\rsnapshot\backups to a useable path to no avail.

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