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Date:	Tue, 13 May 2003 14:54:27 -0700
From:	Jim Kleckner <jek-cygwin AT kleckner DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Does cygstart always expand arguments?
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> I think you're confused about what cygstart does.  Cygstart is for
> situations when, given a data file, you want to run the associated
> application, like double-clicking it in explorer.  While you can use it to
> launch .exe's (by definition), it's probably not what you want in this
> case.  Try invoking gvim without cygstart, i.e., simply
> 
> $ gvim "file with spaces.txt"
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 	Igor
> 


cygstart documentation says you can supply arguments.

In general, one would expect to be able to have arguments
that have embedded spaces in them, yes?

Thanks - Jim



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