How to prevent MSYS to convert the file path for an external program

Question

I\'m porting a Linux script to Windows & MinGW, which accesses the Android phone through ADB.

Sometime I need to pass the Android\'s file path as ADB command lin

Answer 1

Just found starting the double-slash is the charm.

http://www.mingw.org/wiki/Posix_path_conversion

An argument starting with 2 or more / is considered an escaped Windows style switch and will be passed with the leading / removed and all \ changed to /.

Except that if there is a / following the leading block of /, the argument is considered to be a UNC path and the leading / is not removed.

| Argument from MSYS program | Sent to native Windows program as | Sent to native Windows program as
| //foobar                   | /foobar                           | double /  prevents conversion
| //foo\bar                  | /foo/bar                          | \  converted to /
| //foo/bar                  | //foo/bar                         | interpreted as UNC path, leading /  not removed