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Date:	Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:00:44 -0400
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Subject:	Re: Cygwin (1.7.8 and other versions) problems with globbing when invoked from DOS/Windows with nested quotes
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On 3/18/2011 2:39 PM, Alex Khripin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Short summary: getting nested quotes in an argument through to a
> Cygwin process from DOS is problematic, and there does not seem to be
> any detailed spec for how to escape quotes correctly. Backslash
> characters seem to be spuriously generated.

If you're using a native Windows 'make' with a Cywgin shell, you're better
off making your tools consistent.  Quoting mechanisms for Windows do not
align with those used by Cygwin/Linux/Unix, so things are already problematic.
Passing in a DOS path to a Cygwin shell and expecting the output to be
properly quoted for a Windows version of 'make' is just asking for trouble.
So I'd recommend staying on one side of the fence or the other if you want
to minimize headaches.

-- 
Larry

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