Re: ls c:/aax/*(.om[1]) stops working CygWin

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

zzapper wrote:
> Trouble is I need the c:/ style path as I need to pass it to a windows App.
> I guess I'll have to do a variable substitute to transform the 
> /c/path/newest.file back to c:/path/newest.file

I've been known to do this as a glob modifier:

cyg() {
  reply=("$(cygpath -w $REPLY)")
}

% print /c/path/newest.file(+cyg)
c:/path/newest.file

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