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From: Vince Hoffman <Vince DOT Hoffman AT uk DOT circle DOT com>
To: "'Lane, Frank L'" <frank DOT l DOT lane AT boeing DOT com>, cygwin
	 <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Is it possible to copy a file from anywhere to My Documents w
	ith  bash cp?
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:04:40 +0100
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depending on where your My Documents is (for this example I'll use
C:\Documents and Settings\Frank Lane\My Documents\)

cp <filename> /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/Frank\ Lane/My\
Documents/ 
or 
cp <filename> "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Frank Lane/My Documents/"]

you can use the util cygpath to find out the cygwin syntax of a windows path
althopugh spaces still need to be escaped (put a \ before them) or else
enclose the whole path in inverted commas. Bash's tab autocomplete will
escape spaces for you which is nice.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lane, Frank L [mailto:frank DOT l DOT lane AT boeing DOT com]
> Sent: 23 October 2002 17:51
> To: cygwin
> Subject: Is it possible to copy a file from anywhere to My Documents
> with bash cp?
> 
> 
> How can I copy a file from a directory to My Documents on a 
> bash command
> line?  I played with it and can't hack the syntax.
> 
> Thanks,
> Frank
> 
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