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Subject: Re: lpr works? FAQ in error?
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:20 PM, I wrote:

> "$(cygpath -u "$COMSPEC")" /c start /wait notepad.exe /p "$tmp_file"

Whups, that's not going to work. Needs to convert the temp path to Windows form:

"$(cygpath -u "$COMSPEC")" /c start /wait notepad.exe /p "$(cygpath -w
"$tmp_file")"

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