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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def convert_windows_path_to_cygwin(path):
 """Convert a Windows path to a Cygwin path. Just handles the basic case."""

    if len(path) > 2 and path[1] == ":" and path[2] == "\\":
        newpath = cygwin_full_path_prefix + "/" + path[0]
        if len(path) > 3: newpath += "/" + path[3:]
        path = newpath
    path = path.replace("\\", "/")
    return path