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Subject:	Re: Bash fails to run .bat file with spaces in pathname and argument
Date:	Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:12:17 +0000 (UTC)
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Sean Daley writes:

> Read further down that thread and you'll also see that people discovered some
> additional horrifying things about windows cmd.
> 
> http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00277.html

Referring to that old post, the following works:

C:\>cmd /c ""C:\Documents and Settings\test.bat" "Hello, world.""
"Hello, world."

Yes, quoting is quite weird with cmd.exe.

-- 
Enrico


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