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From:	Chris Game <chrisgame AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Subject:	Cygwin and long filenames with spaces
Date:	Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:12:51 +0100
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How can you pass long filenames which include spaces to cygwin/bash 
commands like 'ls' under MS-Windows? Neither escaping the spaces, nor 
enclosing the filename in single or double quotes seems to work. I 
have to use the old DOS style short filename like /cygdrive/Docume~
1/... which can be a nuisance.

C.



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