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Subject:	Re: cd to the path including space.
Date:	Thu, 8 Jan 2009 16:46:26 +0000 (UTC)
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Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Hi all,
> 1- I only know that use the following command to obtain the the  above
> path's stem:
> 
> findtexmf psfonts_t1.map

cd "$(cygpath -u "$(findtexmf psfonts_t1.map)")"

> 
> 2- In the cygwin/bash, the path's delimitor is / instead of \.

cygpath takes care of that for you

> 
> 3- In the cygwin/bash, if the space are included in the path, it will
> be troublesome.

quoting the cygpath command substitution takes care of that for you

> 
> 4- Furthermore, the cygwin use the following path as the initial part
> of its path:
> 
> /cygdrive/c/...

cygpath takes care of that for you

-- 
Eric Blake



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