Fix paths on bash running on windows with MinGW

Question

If I have a bash script like:

PATH_SCRIPT="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
echo "$PATH_SCRIPT"

If will echo something like:

/c/path/to/where/the/file/is

And generally, that is okay. But in some places, if running on windows, I'll actually need to parse this variable so it looks like this:

C:\path\to\where\the\file\is

How can I do that properly in bash and be able to pass it around?

Found the answer [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13701218/windows-path-to-posix-path-conversion-in-bash) but I'll leave the question as written, because it may help people who don't know the wording to find the correct question. — Mefitico, Jul 27 '22 at 18:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 27 '22 at 18:12

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If you are using Git-Bash, try

cygpath -aw /c/path/to/where/the/file/is

answered Jul 27 '22 at 18:12

Philippe

might be a useful answer for other people, but it seems like this is not available on MinGW – Mefitico Jul 27 '22 at 18:18
@Mefitico: It is available on MinGW nowdays. :) – Lii May 26 '23 at 14:09

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