path-convert: added support for programs that don't handle spaces in paths

README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ These are tools I use to use Windows primarily through WSL.
 
 A Linux utility to canonicalize and convert paths from Unix to DOS, which makes
 it easier to open programs like explorer from WSL. This solves hiccups from
-paths like missing support for symbolic links, mismatched path separators, and
+paths like missing support for symbolic links, mismatched path separators,
-resolves C-drive paths to their normal DOS forms.
+inability to handle spaces in directory names, and resolves C-drive paths to
+their normal DOS form.
 

path-convert/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "path-convert"
-version = "0.0.3"
+version = "0.0.4"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]

path-convert/src/main.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{ Path, PathBuf };
 
 use pico_args::Arguments;
 
 const DRIVE: &str = "/mnt/c/";
 
 const HELP:			[&str;2]	= [ "-h", "--help" ];
+const NO_SPACES:	[&str;2]	= [ "-s", "--no-space" ];
 const QUOTED:		[&str;2]	= [ "-q", "--quotes" ];
 
 pub fn main() {
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ pub fn main() {
 		else { "'" }						//	-q	-> '...'	(output with single quotes)
 	} else { "" };							//	_	-> ...		(output with no quotes)
 
+	//	collect no-space flag
+	let no_spaces = args.contains(NO_SPACES);
+
 	loop {
 		let next = args.subcommand().unwrap();
 		if let Some(arg) = next {
@@ -35,6 +39,42 @@ pub fn main() {
 				output = arg;
 			}
 
+			//	handle no-space flag
+			if no_spaces {
+				let tmp = output.clone();
+				let parts = tmp.split('/');
+				let mut current = PathBuf::new();
+				current.push("/");
+				for part in parts {
+					if part.is_empty() { continue; }
+					let space = part.chars().position(|c| c == ' ');
+					let len = part.len();
+					//	if space is found, use short version
+					if let Some(index) = space {
+						//	find cut point and make slice
+						let cut = usize::min(len, index).min(6);
+						let replace = &(part[..cut]);
+
+						//	determine number for shortening
+						let mut index = 0;
+						let children = current.read_dir();
+						if !children.is_ok() { continue; }
+
+						for child in children.unwrap() {
+							if let Ok(child) = child {
+								let name: String = child.file_name().to_string_lossy().into();
+								//	matches increment
+								if name.to_lowercase().starts_with(&replace.to_lowercase()) { index += 1; }
+								//	... and break when we hit the target
+								if name == part { break; }
+							}
+						}
+						output = output.replacen(part, &format!("{replace}~{index}"), 1);
+					}
+					current.push(part);
+				}
+			}
+
 			//	simple C-drive substitution
 			if output.starts_with(DRIVE) {
 				output = output.replace(DRIVE, "C:\\");
@@ -65,6 +105,7 @@ args:
 flags:
 	-h, --help       show this help text
 	-q, --quotes     surround the output strings with quotes (-qq for double quotes)
+	-s, --no-space   don't allow paths to have spaces
 ", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
 }
 

scripts/explorer.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/bash
 
 #	launch explorer with converted path(s)
-'/mnt/c/Windows/explorer.exe' `path-convert -q $@`
+'/mnt/c/Windows/explorer.exe' `path-convert -s $@`