p2u is small script which convert windows path to unix path. It may useful in msys app when environment variable (contain path) set in Windows path.

p2u

# put this in .bashrc/.bash_profile file
# the idea is taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/13701495
# function to convert windows path to unix path
# USAGE: p2u $WINDOWS_PATH
p2u() {
  local winpath=$1

  echo "/$winpath" | sed 's/\\/\//g' | sed 's/://'
}