My reading of the cygpath documentation and embedded help is that: cygpath -ml /cygdrive/c/docume~1
or: cygpath --mixed --long-name /cygdrive/c/docume~1 should output: c:/Documents and Settings Of course: cygpath --mixed "$(cygpath --windows --long-name /cygdrive/c/docume~1)" does yields the correct results. Isn't this a bug in 'cygpath'? -- Lee D. Rothstein -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------- VeriTech -- 603-424-2900 7 Merry Meeting Drive Merrimack, NH 03054-2934 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/