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Subject:	Re: Bash fails to run .bat file with spaces in pathname and argument
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According to Johnathon Jamison on 10/11/2006 3:11 PM:
> Hello,
> 
> I am having some funny behavior.  If I have a .bat file that is in a
> directory whose pathname contains a space, and an argument is given to
> the .bat file that has a space in it, then the .bat file fails to run.
> Instead, I get "'xxx' is not recognized as an internal or external
> command, operable program or batch file." where xxx is the portion of
> the complete path to the .bat file before the first space.

Sounds like you need to read up on shell quoting.

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