gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Edit your cygwin files in notepad++, the best windows editor. 
# Vim and emacs don't seem to work too well in cygwin.
ROOT_DIR_WINDOWS=D:\\\\cygwin
expandToWindows() {
	y=`echo $1| sed -e 's/\//\\\\/g'`

	echo $ROOT_DIR_WINDOWS\\$y
}	
expArg=`expandToWindows $1`
echo $expArg
/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe $expArg