X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 19:54:17 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <517372938.20100802195417@mtu-net.ru> To: "Jason Pyeron" , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: How to pass parameters to a windows application In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Greetings, Jason Pyeron! > I am at my wits end trying to figure out how to execute this in bash C:\WINDOWS>>cmd /c "start "" "C:\Documents and Settings\All > Users\Desktop\projects\crisfield\trunk\etc"" > jpyeron@phoenix /projects/crisfield > $ cmd /c "\"start \"\" \"C:\\Documents and Settings\\All > Users\\Desktop\\projects\\crisfield\\trunk\\etc\"\"" > The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. $ cmd /c start "" "C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Desktop/projects/crisfield/trunk/etc" Windows support both (more precise would be "see no difference between) "/" and "\" as directory separators. Since DOS 3.3 at least. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 02.08.2010, <19:51> Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple