diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/CygPath.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/CygPath.java
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+package org.eclipse.cdt.utils;
+
+/*
+ * (c) Copyright QNX Software Systems Ltd. 2002.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+
+import org.eclipse.cdt.utils.spawner.ProcessFactory;
+
+public class CygPath {
+	private Process cygpath;
+	private BufferedReader stdout;
+	private BufferedWriter stdin;
+
+	public CygPath(String command) throws IOException {		
+		String[] args = {command, "--windows", "--file", "-"};
+		cygpath = ProcessFactory.getFactory().exec(args);
+		//cppfilt = new Spawner(args);
+		stdin = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(cygpath.getOutputStream()));
+		stdout = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(cygpath.getInputStream()));
+	}
+
+	public CygPath() throws IOException {
+		this("cygpath");
+	}
+
+	public String getFileName(String name) throws IOException {
+		stdin.write(name + "\n");
+		stdin.flush();
+		String str = stdout.readLine();
+		if ( str != null ) {
+			return str.trim();
+		}
+		throw new IOException();
+	}
+
+	public void dispose() {
+		try {
+			stdout.close();
+			stdin.close();
+			cygpath.getErrorStream().close();		
+		}
+		catch (IOException e) {
+		}
+		cygpath.destroy();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/ICygwinToolsProvider.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/ICygwinToolsProvider.java
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+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/ICygwinToolsProvider.java
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+/**********************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2002,2003 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
+ * 
+ * Contributors: 
+ * QNX Software Systems - Initial API and implementation
+***********************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.utils;
+
+/**
+ */
+public interface ICygwinToolsProvider extends IToolsProvider {
+	
+	CygPath getCygPath();
+
+}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/IToolsProvider.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/IToolsProvider.java
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+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/IToolsProvider.java
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+/**********************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2002,2003 QNX Software Systems and others.
+ * All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
+ * 
+ * Contributors: 
+ * QNX Software Systems - Initial API and implementation
+***********************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.utils;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
+
+/**
+ */
+public interface IToolsProvider {
+
+	Addr2line getAddr2Line(IPath path);
+
+	CPPFilt getCPPFilt();
+
+}