X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <45CA8BF0.5080004@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:33:20 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061221 Fedora/1.5.0.9-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: calling cgwin apps from the windows shell References: <2352930.Lvabu0usR1@teancum> In-Reply-To: <2352930.Lvabu0usR1@teancum> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 David Bear wrote: > I use rsync and was wondering if there is a way to call rsync directly from > a windows batch file where the path arguments would be properly cleaned and > slashflipped -- I'm wondering if the windows shell will be more kind to > file names with spaces in them... or if rsync will still choke on names.. > 'cygpath' can convert paths back and forth between DOS/Windows paths and POSIX. If you're using Cygwin's rsync, it will definitely prefer POSIX paths though. Windows shell (I use the term lightly here) is no better with raw spaces in the paths than any other shell. You'll need to quote them just like you would in other shells. Perhaps you should state the problem you're having. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/