X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,TW_RG X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20121219162048.GA4564@qp9482> References: <20121219162048.GA4564@qp9482> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:34:37 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: argv @-expansion with pathname containing spaces From: Csaba Raduly To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 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 -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers. Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. "Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. " -- Linus Torvalds "People disagree with me. I just ignore them." -- Linus Torvalds -- 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