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Subject: Re: argv @-expansion with pathname containing spaces
From: Csaba Raduly <rcsaba AT gmail DOT com>
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H Denis,

On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Denis Excoffier  wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I try to use the @pathname feature (see
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-at),
> but it does not seem to work when pathname contains a space character.
>
> My test pathname is D:\Documents and Settings\myuser\Desktop\test; with
> C:\Home\myuser\test it works perfectly.
>
> I have tried @"path name" or @'path name', @path\\ name, or even
> @path" "name, with no interpretation of the @.

Have you tried with '@D:\Documents and Settings\myuser\Desktop\test' ?
Have you tried with '@D:\Docume~1\myuser\Desktop\test' ?

Csaba
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