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From: dumser AT ti DOT com (James Dumser)
Subject: Re: cygnus bugs
16 Jul 1997 08:05:48 -0700 :
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On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 20:08, $Bill Luebkert <dbe AT wgn DOT net> wrote:
>Quote the ones you don't want converted.
> 
>Fergus Henderson wrote:
>> For example, consider the command `sed /usr/p /usr/p'.
>> In that command, the first argument is a sed command, meaning
>> "print all lines containing `usr'", while the second argument
>> is a file name.
>  
>sed '/usr/p' /usr/p

Which your zsh will expand to {"sed", "/usr/p", "/usr/p"} before cygwin sees
it; now how can you the difference between the two /usr/p's?

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James Dumser  972.462.5335  dumser AT ti DOT com
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