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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 06:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: How to put commas in command line arg's?
To: Matthew Weymar <mweymar AT yahoo DOT com>,
        Cygwin List <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
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--- Matthew Weymar <mweymar AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> Sorry to bother y'all with this; I am *sure* it's an
> FAQ -- but when I requested the FAQ - btw - I rec'd a
> message saying that there isn't one -- and I didn't
> find anything that solved my problem in the archives
> either.
> 
> I have got a program that takes command line arguments
> that sometimes include commas. bash replies to
> something of the following form w/ the following:
> [QUOTE]
> //mdw/...//test $ java test arg=testing(0,0)
> bash.exe: syntax error near unexpected token
> 'arg=testing(0'
> [END QUOTE]
> 

It sounds to me as if you need a good tutorial in Unix shell command structure.
Try: java test arg=testing\(0\,0\)
 or: java test arg="testing(0,0)"


> Is there some easy way I can get bash to understand
> that this comma does *not* end this token?
> 
> Also, *why* isn't there a cygwin FAQ?*

The FAQ does exist at http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin and you'll find some
other documentation there as well.

> Tks - for your patience as well as your suggestions,
> Matthew Weymar
> 
> * I just followed following instructions from my
> "WELCOME to cygwin-digest" message:
> 
> [QUOTE]
> Send mail to the following for info and FAQ for this
> list:
>    <cygwin-info AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
>    <cygwin-faq AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
> [END QUOTE]

Sounds like a setup problem doesn't it.

=====
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>

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