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Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:47:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Is regtool -K option broken?
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On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Sep 24 15:19, luke DOT kendall AT XXXXX DOT XXXXX DOT XXX DOT XX wrote:

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>, now with more reasons.

> > I tried using regtool's option to use a different key separator, but it
> > doesn't seem to work.  Am I doing something wrong?
> >
> > $ regtool  --key-separator='|' list |HKLM
> > Unknown key prefix.  Valid prefixes are:
> > [...]
>
> $ regtool --help
> [...]
> Options for 'set' and 'unset' Actions:
>  -K<c>, --key-separator[=]<c>  set key separator to <c> instead of '\'
> [...]

Should this perhaps be

Options for 'set', 'unset', and 'get' Actions:
 -K<c>, --key-separator[=]<c>  set key-value separator to <c> instead of '\'

instead?  FWIW, it should also work with 'get' (even if the help doesn't
currently mention that).

Just for the archives, this is to allow values with '\' or '/' in them,
e.g.,

-- *** DO NOT RUN THE BELOW, IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE *** --
regtool -K'|' set '/HKLM/HARDWARE/DEVICEMAP/PARALLEL PORTS|\Device\Parallel0' '\DosDevices\LPT1'
-- *** DO NOT RUN THE ABOVE, IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE *** --

Hope this clarifies matters.
	Igor
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