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Subject: | Re: Programatically finding value of "cygdrive" prefix |
References: | <20050811034709 DOT 683941CC1D AT lagavulin DOT gandi DOT net> |
From: | "Patricia J. Hawkins" <phawkins AT connact DOT com> |
Date: | Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:59:42 -0400 |
In-Reply-To: | <20050811034709.683941CC1D@lagavulin.gandi.net> (Gary R. Van Sickle's message of "Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:47:22 -0500") |
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>>>>> "GRVS" == Gary R Van Sickle <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net> writes: Ken wrote: >> Thanks. One of these years I will eventually understand when >> quotes cause an item with embedded spaces to be a single item >> and when they get lost in processing, causing the embedded >> space item to be multiple items. GRVS> Well, when you do, be sure to publish a writeup in a prestegious journal so GRVS> the rest of us can finally solve the mystery. ;-) heh. Try O'Reilly's _Learning The Bash Shell_. Makes the arcane cane; straightened out my weird mish-mash of things known, unknown, remembered, half-remembered, those understood, and the items not understood but done by rote. Nice examples, nice explication of all those disparate weird but powerful features that were inherited from historic shells. -- Patricia J. Hawkins Hawkins Internet Applications www.hawkinsia.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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