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Date:	Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:23:44 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: batch script execution failing with 255 exit code in cygwin 1.7.28
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 12:10:00PM +0530, Prakash Babu wrote:
>Hi ,
>
>
>I use Cygwin to execute batch scripts on remote windows hosts using ssh.
>
>The batch script execution started failing with the latest cygwin
>version 1.7.28.
>
>The exit code thrown is 255 and batch script is not able to process
>the command line arguments.
>
>When I try to print the command line argument(%1)  its printing both
>the argument name and value.
>
>This was working fine with Cygwin 1.7.27 and  looks to be regression in 1.7.28
>
>
>eg. Batch script (test.bat)
>@echo off
>:setArgs
>if ""%1""=="""" goto doneSetArgs
>set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%CMD_LINE_ARGS% %1
>echo %1===
>echo %2===
>shift
>shift
>goto setArgs
>:doneSetArgs
>
>
>Cygwin.1.7.27 the output of the script would be
>#./test.bat OS=Win
>OS===
>Win===
>
>Cygwin.1.7.28 the output of the script is
>#./test.bat OS=Win
>"OS=Win"===
>===

Yep.  At a user's request we now force a " around parameters which are passed to
Windows programs like we do for parameters with spaces.

cgf

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