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From: "Jon Beniston" <jon AT beniston DOT com>
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Subject: cygpath and spaces in filenames when reading from a file
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:11:13 -0000
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Hi,

cygpath can read a list of paths to convert from a file, when started with
-file. However, how do you specify paths with spaces in them in this mode?
It seems quoting the path or using \ doesn't seem to work. E.g:

$cygpath --windows --file -
"/usr/local/my dir/"
"\usr\local\my
dir\"

$ cygpath --windows --file -
/usr/local/my\ dir/
C:\cygwin\usr\local\my\
dir\

Cheers,
Jon





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