On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:48:19 -0400, Sergey Gromov <snake.scaly at gmail.com> wrote: > Using Cygwin tools is a pain because Cygwin emulates a Unix-like file > system view while other tools produce and expect native Windows paths. just as an aside, have you looked at cygwin's cygpath tool? Not a complete solution, but it certainly helps. -Steve