X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:47:51 -0800 From: Gary Johnson To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem passing Windows path names from batch file to bash script Message-ID: <20061030214750.GA29632@suncomp1.spk.agilent.com> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20061028034348.GA17030@suncomp1.spk.agilent.com> <31DDB7BE4BF41D4888D41709C476B6570416928D@NIHCESMLBX5.nih.gov> <20061028214504.GA26508@suncomp1.spk.agilent.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12 (2006-07-14) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 2006-10-28, Lev Bishop wrote: > On 10/28/06, Gary Johnson wrote: > > On 2006-10-28, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote: > > > From: Gary Johnson; Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:44 PM > > > > I am trying to pass Windows path names from a Windows batch file > > > > to a Cygwin bash script. I have found a solution using Windows > > > > environment variable substitution to replace \s with /s before > > > > passing the name to bash, but I cannot figure out how to pass > > > > the name without that replacement. The problem is with names of > > > > the form > > > > > > > > "\\host\user\file with spaces" > > Note the difference between these two: > > Exhibit A: > C:\>set CYGWIN=noglob > C:\>\cygwin\bin\echo "\\host\share\file with spaces" > \\host\share\file with spaces > > Exhibit B: > C:\>set CYGWIN=glob > C:\>\cygwin\bin\echo "\\host\share\file with spaces" > \host\share\file with spaces Thank you very much. That was a great help. Regards, Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies garyjohn@spk.agilent.com | Wireless Division | Spokane, Washington, USA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/